Le Vernet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Le Vernet (lə vɛʁnɛ; Lo 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. The village of Le Vernet is located in the fr Valley at 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 fr Valley, and a place of departure for the nearby ski stations (Grand-Puy, fr and Chabanon). The municipality has two main villages, Haut-Vernet, perched high and Bas-Vernet below. During the two last major glaciations, the Riss glaciation and the Würm glaciation, a glacier was present in the upper part of the Riou de la Montagne Valley. During the Riss glaciation, a de of the Blanche glacier crossed the Col de Maure and reached approximately to the location of the village of the current Bas-Vernet. The diffluence was reproduced during the Würm period, but did not reach the territory of Vernet. The Pic des Têtes, at , is located within the territory of the commune, as well as the fr, in the Massif des Trois-Évêchés. The commune comprises of woods and forests. None of the 200 communes of the Department is in the zero seismic risk zone. The Canton of Seyne, to which Le Vernet belongs, is in zone 1b (low seismicity) determined by the 1991 classification, based on the historical earthquakes, and in zone 4 (medium risk) according to the probabilistic classification EC8 of 2011. The municipality of Le Vernet is also exposed to four other natural hazards: Avalanche Forest fire Flooding Ground movement The commune of Le Vernet is more exposed to a risk of technological origin, that of transport of dangerous goods by road. The fr RD 900 (the former fr) can be used for the road transport of dangerous goods. A predictable natural fr (PPR) doesn't exist for the commune and fr does not exist either. History remembers two earthquakes to have been strongly felt in the town.