Le Devoluy
Le Dévoluy is best known in France for its limestone mountain massif, a compact part of the French Prealps shaped by high cirques, scree slopes and broad upland pastures. Around the Col du Festre, at 1,441 metres, the land opens into a stony plateau beneath the ridges of the Dévoluy range. The massif includes Grand Ferrand, a summit rising to 2,758 metres, while its karst geology leaves relatively little surface water. Le Dévoluy is also a recent commune, created in 2013 through the merger of Agnières-en-Dévoluy and Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy. Its settlements and mountain resorts are dispersed through valleys and across slopes rather than concentrated around one historic town centre.
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Le Dévoluy combines high-mountain skiing with expansive limestone terrain in a way that reflects its position in the Dévoluy massif of the French Alps. Formed in 2013 through the merger of four former communes, it includes the linked resorts of SuperDévoluy and La Joue du Loup, which make up the Dévoluy ski area. Above the slopes lies the Plateau de Bure, a prominent karst plateau and home to the IRAM NOEMA radio observatory, whose antennas study the cold gas and dust from which stars and galaxies form. Summer brings hikers to the massif’s open pastures and mountain paths. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding Alps to extend your view of Le Dévoluy.
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