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Briançon a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
At an altitude of it is the highest city in France, based on the French definition as a community containing more than 2,000 inhabitants. Briançon's most recent population estimate is 11,645.
Briançon is built on a plateau centred on the confluence of the Durance and the Guisane rivers.
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Usage examples of "briancon".
The next day we made rather a mistake, instead of going straight on to Briancon we went up a valley towards Mont Pelvoux (a mountain nearly 14,000 feet high), intending to cross a high pass above La Berarde down to Briancon, but when we got to St.
Instead of going to Briancon, where he wished to take you, he remained in Paris.
Then he directed his course towards Grand-Villard, near Briancon, in the Hautes-Alpes.
In the cantons where they were harsh to the poor, he said: "Look at the people of Briancon!