Villar-d'Arêne

Villar-d'Arêne
A general view of the village from the nearby hillside
Location of Villar-d'Arêne
Villar-d'Arêne
Villar-d'Arêne
Coordinates: 45°02′37″N 6°20′15″E / 45.0436°N 6.3375°E / 45.0436; 6.3375
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentHautes-Alpes
ArrondissementBriançon
CantonBriançon-1
IntercommunalityBriançonnais
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Olivier Fons
Area
1
77.51 km2 (29.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
290
  Density3.7/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
05181 /05480
Elevation1,519–3,883 m (4,984–12,740 ft)
(avg. 1,650 m or 5,410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villar-d'Arêne (French pronunciation: [vilaʁ daʁɛn]; Occitan: Vilars d'Arena) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France, between Grenoble and Briançon. It is in the French Alps, in Massif des Écrins. Near this village located in the Romanche valley, there is La Grave and Col du Lautaret. The access of the valley and its communes is departmental route 1091 (ex-national route 91) (Grenoble – Le Bourg-d'Oisans – Briançon).