It may come as a surprise that the only Départements with Alpes in their name are actually to be found in Provence! [more accurately in Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzure] It is of course true that the three departments with the highest peaks of all, Haute-Savoie, Savoie and Isère are in...

It may come as a surprise that the only Départements with Alpes in their name are actually to be found in Provence! [more accurately in Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzure] It is of course true that the three departments with the highest peaks of all, Haute-Savoie, Savoie and Isère are in Rhone-Alpes. Hwever that leaves Alpes Maritimes, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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