Aiguilles
Encyclopedia
Aiguilles is a commune
of the Hautes-Alpes
department in southeastern France
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, which flows southwest through the commune.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of the Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range.- History :Hautes-Alpes is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in southeastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the GuilGuil
The Guil is a long river in the Hautes-Alpes département, southeastern France. Its source is several small streams which converge in the lake Lestio, at Ristolas. It flows generally west, through the Queyras...
, which flows southwest through the commune.