Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Aups d'Auta Provença (Occitan)
Department
From top down: Le Lauzet-Ubaye, Digne-les-Bains, Sisteron and Lake of Sainte-Croix
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France
Coordinates: 44°0′N 6°10′E / 44.000°N 6.167°E / 44.000; 6.167
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Prefecture	Digne-les-Bains
Subprefectures	Barcelonnette Castellane Forcalquier
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Éliane Barreille[1] (LR)
Area 1
• Total	6,925 km2 (2,674 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	166,077
• Rank	95th
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	04
Largest city	Manosque
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	15
Communes	198
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (sometimes abbreviated as AHP; French pronunciation: [alp də ot pʁɔvɑ̃s] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Aups d'Auta Provença; lit. 'Alps of Upper Provence'), formerly until 1970 known as Basses-Alpes (French pronunciation: [basz‿alp], lit. 'Lower Alps'), is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the south, Vaucluse to the west, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes to the north. Formerly part of the province of Provence, it had a population of 164,308 in 2019,^[3] which makes it the 8th least populated department and the 94th most populated French department.

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's main cities are Digne-les-Bains (prefecture), Manosque, Sisteron, Barcelonnette, Castellane and Forcalquier. Inhabitants are called the Bas-Alpins (masculine) or Bas-Alpines (feminine) in reference to the department's former name, Basses-Alpes, which was in use until 1970. Although the prefecture is Digne-les-Bains, the largest city is Manosque. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's INSEE and postal code is 04.