Barcelonnette

Barcelonnette is a small town and commune in the Southern French Alps, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence dpartement, of which it is a sous-prfecture.

Geography

It is built at a height of 3717 ft. on the right bank of the Ubaye river, on which it is the most well-known place.

Miscellaneous

It is mainly a tourist and resort centre, serving many ski lodges. Barcelonnette is situated in a wide and very fertile valley, and is surrounded by many villas, called "Maisons Mexicaines" (Mexican houses), which where built by natives who have made their fortune in Mexico.

 

<< PreviousWord BrowserNext >>
b 52 stratofortress
biped
bootstrapping
baltic languages
bioinformatics
brian de palma
b 25 mitchell
british open
bengali language
bobby moore
bobby charlton
barry lyndon
labour party (uk)
cell (biology)
buffy the vampire slayer (movie)
barter
berthe morisot
brand
balfour declaration
barnard college
benedictine
beyazid i
beyazid ii
boxing
bollywood
bowls
believers baptism
bah' faith
bubble sort
bavarii
burgundians
dots and boxes
big brother (1984)
bergen
bab
binary search
belle & sebastian
birth control
broadcast domain
big ben
beechcraft
battle of peleliu
battle of stalingrad
bodhidharma