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Le Sauze-du-Lac
Le Sauze-du-Lac
Commune
	A view within Le Sauze-du-Lac
	Location of Le Sauze-du-Lac
	Le Sauze-du-Lac Le Sauze-du-Lac
	Coordinates: 44°28′45″N 6°18′53″E / 44.4792°N 6.3147°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Gap
Canton	Chorges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Raizer
Area 1	8.49 km2 (3.28 sq mi)
Population (2021)	153
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	05163 /05160
Elevation	770–1,300 m (2,530–4,270 ft) ; (avg. 1,052 m or 3,451 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Sauze-du-Lac (French pronunciation: [lə soz dy lak], literally Le Sauze of the Lake; Occitan: Lo Sause dau Lac, before 1991: Le Sauze)^[3] is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

Geography

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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	72	—
1975	68	−0.81%
1982	55	−2.99%
1990	72	+3.42%
1999	87	+2.12%
2009	129	+4.02%
2014	143	+2.08%
2020	149	+0.69%
Source: INSEE^[4]

History

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.