Le Sauze-du-Lac | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Gap |
Canton: | Chorges |
Insee: | 05163 |
Postal Code: | 05160 |
Mayor: | Bernard Raizer[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 44.4792°N 6.3147°W |
Elevation M: | 1052 |
Elevation Min M: | 770 |
Elevation Max M: | 1300 |
Area Km2: | 8.49 |
Le Sauze-du-Lac (in French pronounced as /lə soz dy lak/, literally Le Sauze of the Lake; Occitan (post 1500);: Lo Sause dau Lac) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
Situated below the Pic du Morgon mountain, Le Sauze du Lac lies on a promontory sticking out between the two sides of the Lac de Serre-Ponçon. This used to be the meeting point, or confluence, of the Ubaye and Durance rivers.The village is located 9.1km south east of Savines-le-Lac, and 20.6km from the capital of the departement, Gap, Hautes-Alpes.
Le Sauze du Lac, previously just Le Sauze, is located above the Lac de Serre Poncon. The village was moved after its original site was flooded by the lake in the early 1960s.