page_title: Le Vernet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Le Vernet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Carte des communes françaises: Le Vernet English: Map commune FR insee code 04237.png
context_page_description: Le Vernet is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, and in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in southeastern France.
  The name of its inhabitants is Vernetois or Vernetiers.
context_section_description: The village of Le Vernet is located in the Bès Valley at 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) altitude. Its population does not exceed 100 permanent residents, but it is often more than doubled each summer and winter, when the municipality becomes the place of departure for sightseeing excursions, particularly in the Blanche Valley, and a place of departure for the nearby ski stations (Grand-Puy, Saint-Jean-Montclar and Chabanon).
  The municipality has two main villages, Haut-Vernet, perched high and Bas-Vernet below.
caption: Le Vernet and neighbouring communes
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