Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is among French department in the south of France, it was previously the region of the province called Province. The area covered by Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is of 6,935 km2 and there are 139 600 residents in this region. Alps de Haute-Province is included in one of the major and slightest densely populated departments. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a rocky area with mountains over 8,000 feet (2,400 m) high. The climate exhibited by this region is very dry and barren but irrigation allows for a prosperous fruit-growing industry. The population was once disseminated fairly evenly across the department, both in the mountainous regions and the agricultural ones. Conversely, close to the end of the 19th century it markedly decreased due to rural exodus to the cities.

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French department in the south of France; it was formerly part of the province of Province. Nord-de-Provence was among the 83 unusual departments formed during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was renamed Haute-Province and Basses-Alpes. The climate exhibited by Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is very dry and arid but irrigation allows for a prosperous fruit-growing industry. It is bounded by the French departments of Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Vaucluse, and Drôme, as well as Italy. The populace was once distributed fairly evenly across the department, both in the mountainous regions and the agricultural ones.