Briançon is the highest elevated town of more than 12,000 people in Europe

1,326 m

Lat 44.53 N




At an altitude of 1,326 metres (4,350 feet) it is the highest city in France, Briançon is built on a plateau centred on the confluence of the Durance and the Guisane rivers.

Briançon features a humid continental climate (Dfb). Winters are cold and snowy, but summers can be warm and sunny.