page_title: Archail
section_title: Geology
hierarchical_section_title: Archail / Geography / Geology
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le village d'Archail, un versant de badlands (terres noires)
context_page_description: Archail is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
  It is the second least populated commune in the department.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Archailois or Archailoises.
context_section_description: Much of the commune consists of rounded hills of eroded black marl. The Pic de Couar (1,988m) is spectacular as is the Pas d'Archail (1,667m). The Ravine and Torrent of l'Areste is in the south in the hills.
caption: Archail village with black marl slopes to the west
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