Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur

Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur
The church of Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur The church of Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur
Coat of arms of Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur Coat of arms
Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Gap
Canton	Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
Intercommunality	Champsaur
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Pellegrin
Area1	10.04 km2 (3.88 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	302
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	05147 / 05500
Elevation	993–1,842 m (3,258–6,043 ft) (avg. 1,104 m or 3,622 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	299	—
1968	323	+8.0%
1975	273	−15.5%
1982	258	−5.5%
1990	252	−2.3%
1999	275	+9.1%
2008	302	+9.8%

Notable residents

Vivian Maier

Street photographer Vivian Maier lived and photographed in the vicinity of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur and Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur. While many details of Maier's life remain unknown, she was the daughter of a French mother, Maria Jaussaud, and several times during her childhood she moved between the U.S. and France, living with her mother in the Alpine village of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur near her mother's relations. In 1935, Vivian and her mother, Maria, were living in Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur and prior to 1940 returned to New York City.

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department

References

• INSEE