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Braux | |
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 The church in Braux | |
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| Coordinates:43°59′12″N6°42′03″E / 43.9867°N 6.7008°E /43.9867; 6.7008 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Castellane |
| Canton | Castellane |
| Intercommunality | Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Stéphane François Grac[1] |
Area 1 | 11.67 km2 (4.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 134 |
| • Density | 11.5/km2 (29.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 04032 /04240 |
| Elevation | 639–1,600 m (2,096–5,249 ft) (avg. 950 m or 3,120 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Braux (French pronunciation:[bʁo];Occitan:Brau) is acommune in theAlpes-de-Haute-Provencedepartment in southeasternFrance.
The village is located at 950m of altitude, at the end of a road, in the valley ofCoulomp.[3] The road leading to it continues along a semi-tarred trail to the hamlet of Chabrières.
The adjoining communities of Braux areLe Fugeret,Castellet-lès-Sausses,Saint-Benoît andAnnot.
Bois du Fa to the north of the village.
The village is set on a local resurgence ofsandstone dating from theOligocene (the same as Ann ot) in the middle ofmarl andlimestone of theJurassic and theEocene.
The commune counts 639ha of woods and forests.[4]
None of the 200 municipalities in the department is in a zero seismic risk zone. Braux is in zone 1b (low risk) according to the deterministic classification of 1991, based on historicalearthquakes, and zone 4 (medium risk) according to the probabilistic classification EC8 of 2011. The municipality of Braux is also exposed to three other natural hazards:
The commune of Braux is not exposed to any of the risks of technological origin identified by the prefecture.
No plan for risk prevention foreseeable natural (PPR) exists for the municipality and DICRIM are not.
The most sensitive earthquake in the commune is that of February 23, 1887, with a macro-seismic intensity of VII on thescale MSK and Imperia-Bussana forepicenter.[5] Among the recent landslides and landslides, the most important ones are those of 1978 and 5 November 1994. One of 1994 concerns an area of 13 hectares on a thickness of 6m, below the Rocher des Meules (Ravine de la Lauriere ), which had won several farms.[6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 206 | — |
| 1975 | 153 | −4.16% |
| 1982 | 160 | +0.64% |
| 1990 | 133 | −2.28% |
| 1999 | 118 | −1.32% |
| 2009 | 130 | +0.97% |
| 2014 | 121 | −1.42% |
| 2020 | 127 | +0.81% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
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