Route Napoléon [N85] - Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (France)

Route Napoléon [D4085] 29/06/2015 15h19

The village of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban has not been bypassed and the route nationale N85 still crosses the center of this commune. Fun for the tourists, less fun for the inhabitants.

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban has a population of 5,198 (2013) and is located along the Durance river.

 

Route Napoléon

The Route Napoléon is the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now concurrent with sections of routes N85, D1085, D4085, and D6085.

The route begins at Golfe-Juan, where Napoleon disembarked 1 March 1815, beginning the Hundred Days that ended at Waterloo. The road was inaugurated in 1932 and meanders from the French Riviera north-northwest along the foothills of the Alps. It is marked along the way by statues of the French Imperial Eagle.

From south to north:

 

Antibes

Grasse

Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey

Castellane

Digne

Sisteron

Gap

Col Bayard (1,246 m)

Corps

La Mure

Laffrey

Grenoble

 

Length: 390 km

Régions: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Départements: Isère, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes

 

[ Source and more Info: Wikipedia - Route Napoléon ]

 

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