Seyne
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A general view of the village of Seyne
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Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
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| Coordinates: 44°21′05″N 6°21′25″E / 44.3514°N 6.3569°ECoordinates: 44°21′05″N 6°21′25″E / 44.3514°N 6.3569°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | |
| Arrondissement | Digne-les-Bains | |
| Canton | Seyne | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Seyne | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | André Savornin | |
| Area1 | 84.27 km2 (32.54 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,431 | |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 04205 / 04140 | |
| Elevation | 1,079–2,720 m (3,540–8,924 ft) (avg. 1,260 m or 4,130 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Seyne is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, and in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in southeastern France. It is around 30 km north of Digne.
The official name of the municipality, as listed by the INSEE official geographic code, is Seyne. However, it is known at the local level as Seyne-les-Alpes, hitherto not endorsed by a decree. It is not to be confused with the town of La Seyne-sur-Mer which is the second town in the Var department.
The name of its inhabitants is Seynois. More rarely today, it also uses Seynards and Seynardes locally.
Seyne has received the label of a village and town of character.
The village is situated at an altitude 1,260 metres (4,130 ft). The valley bottoms with deep soil and cut hedges in the Seyne Valley are nicknamed the Swiss Provençal.
It is crossed by the Blanche, a tributary of the Durance.
Seyne is accessible by the departmental road RD 900, between Le Lauzet-Ubaye in the north, and Digne in the south. The nearest SNCF railway station is the Gare de Digne.
The municipality has 2,800 hectares (6,900 acres) of woods and forests.
None of the 200 communes of the Department is in the zero seismic risk zone. The Canton of Seyne is in zone 1b (low seismicity) determined by the 1991 classification, based on historical earthquakes, and in zone 4 (medium risk) according to the probabilistic classification EC8 of 2011. The commune of Seyne is also exposed to three other natural hazards:
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