Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire
Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire | |
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Church of Saint-Pierre | |
Coordinates: 43°54′38″N 5°43′00″E / 43.9106°N 5.7167°ECoordinates: 43°54′38″N 5°43′00″E / 43.9106°N 5.7167°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Depairtment | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
Arrondissement | Forcalquier |
Canton | Forcalquier |
Intercommunality | Haute Provence |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | André Peta |
Area 1 | 27.78 km2 (10.73 sq mi) |
Population (2008)2 | 1,113 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 04192 /04870 |
Elevation | 386–767 m (1,266–2,516 ft) (avg. 543 m or 1,781 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence depairtment in sootheastren Fraunce.
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1793 | 875 | — |
1800 | 857 | −2.1% |
1806 | 882 | +2.9% |
1821 | 934 | +5.9% |
1831 | 973 | +4.2% |
1836 | 986 | +1.3% |
1841 | 999 | +1.3% |
1846 | 949 | −5.0% |
1851 | 1,014 | +6.8% |
1856 | 1,028 | +1.4% |
1861 | 1,000 | −2.7% |
1866 | 983 | −1.7% |
1872 | 940 | −4.4% |
1876 | 877 | −6.7% |
1881 | 857 | −2.3% |
1886 | 785 | −8.4% |
1891 | 779 | −0.8% |
1896 | 713 | −8.5% |
1901 | 701 | −1.7% |
1906 | 706 | +0.7% |
1911 | 656 | −7.1% |
1921 | 581 | −11.4% |
1926 | 515 | −11.4% |
1931 | 460 | −10.7% |
1936 | 374 | −18.7% |
1946 | 420 | +12.3% |
1954 | 387 | −7.9% |
1962 | 380 | −1.8% |
1968 | 443 | +16.6% |
1975 | 617 | +39.3% |
1982 | 713 | +15.6% |
1990 | 844 | +18.4% |
1999 | 904 | +7.1% |
2006 | 1,065 | +17.8% |
2009 | 1,164 | +9.3% |
Observatory
[eedit | eedit soorce]Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire is the "host toun" o the Haute-Provence Observatory, a naitionally rankit facility. It is considered, bi mony astronomers, tae be the best European law-altitude (400 meters) observatory in operation. Thare is a astronomy centre for eddicational purposes an aw. It hosts students o elementar schuils for brief stays (1–2 weeks) durin the year an organizes theme nichts o combined sky observations an expositions/debates on different themes.
St. Michael wis chosen as the location o the Haute-Provence Observatory steid, aboot 600 metres north. The veelage is locatit 543m altitude. The rock Guerin rises tae 767 metres in the municipality. The neebourin touns o Saint-Michel-Observatoire are Revest-des-Brousses, Mane, Dauphin, Saint-Martin-les-Eaux, Villemus, Reillane an Aubenas-les-Alpes.
The territory o the Regional Natural Pairk o Luberon
[eedit | eedit soorce]The veelage is locatit in the Regional Natural Pairk o Luberon. The toun is ane o the seiventy-seiven Member States o the Regional Natural Pairk o the Luberon Pairk, which extends frae Cavaillon in the wast tae the east Durance, twa depairtments an aichty-five touns an 185,145 hectares. Tae the sooth, it owerleuks the Luberon Durance basin an the coonty o Aigues.
The toun haes twa main villages, Saint-Michel an Lincel an several hamlets includin the Craux, an quite a few differences.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]The commune is twinned wi:
- Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire. |