Together with other Alpine towns, Gap Hautes-Alpes engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc.
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25 Facts About Gap Hautes-Alpes
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In 2013 Gap Hautes-Alpes was named the sportiest city in France by the national sports newspaper L'Equipe.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes had get the submission of the peoples of the area who were eager to maintain their independence.
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The Gap Hautes-Alpes site took importance by becoming a hub of communications.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes was a Catholic stronghold, while the Champsaur switched to Protestantism.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes was looted and burned, of the 953 houses in the commune, 798 were destroyed.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes's statue, carved by the Gap sculptor Jean Marcellin, was erected in 1866 at the square which bears his name.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes experienced a new era from 1875 with the arrival of the railway.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes then started with his men in a campaign of sabotage and bombings that lasted more than a month.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes managed to convince the Allies to advance one of their tanks into enemy terrain, and shoot a few rounds close to Gap.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes ran a bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, but lost out as France's candidate to nearby Annecy.
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An Alpine crossroads at the intersection of D994 and the Route nationale 85, or Route Napoleon, which crosses the Col Bayard north of the city, Gap Hautes-Alpes is located between the historic Dauphine and the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur administrative region.
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Town of Gap Hautes-Alpes is crossed by the Luye, a tributary of the Durance which has a total course of 22.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes is classified as three flowers in the competition of flowery cities and villages.
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Distribution of age groups in the commune of Gap is shown below, in comparison with the Hautes-Alpes department.
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Higher education in Gap Hautes-Alpes is represented by the Pole University of Gap Hautes-Alpes, an annex of the former University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II, today the Aix-Marseille University, created from the merger of three universities.
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The first and most important site is Gap Hautes-Alpes, which is the largest hospital of the Southern Alps.
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Town of Gap Hautes-Alpes is known for its mountain bike trek the Paths of the Sun, between Saillans and Gap Hautes-Alpes.
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Sports facilities in Gap Hautes-Alpes include stadiums, gymnasiums, swimming pools, ice rink, multi-purpose room, and tennis courts.
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Fitness centre Gap Hautes-Alpes-Bayard, located on the Bayard plateau, has an 18-hole golf course that operates in summer and is a base for cross-country skiing in winter.
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Gap Hautes-Alpes withdrew in October 2008 and was replaced by the municipality of Pelvoux and the Communaute de communes du Pays des Ecrins.
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In 2009, the town of Gap Hautes-Alpes won the competition of the Intervilles sports show during the final against Dax.
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Town of Gap Hautes-Alpes hosted the final of the Coupe de France des rallyes amateurs during the autumn of 2012.
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In 2013, the town of Gap Hautes-Alpes was elected the sportiest city of more of 20,000 inhabitants in France by L'Equipe newspaper.
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