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Tramouillon is a small torrent of the high Alps in the commune of Champcella. It is very accessible since a forest road and very beautiful in all seasons. It is the end of summer and a yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea) is full of seeds… which in a few 10 years will be perhaps fowers.
Yellow gentian source (Gentiana lutea): http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentiane_jaune
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The department is surrounded by the following French departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Drôme, Isère, and Savoie. Italy borders it on the east. Hautes-Alpes is located in the Alps mountain range. The average elevations is over 1000 m, and the highest elevation is over 4000 m. The only three sizable towns are Gap, Briançon, and Embrun, which was the subprefecture until 1926. The third highest commune in all of Europe is the village of Saint-Véran. Gap and Briançon are the highest prefecture and subprefecture in France. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hautes-Alpes
