Pelvoux

Pelvoux
The hamlet of Ailefroide, in Pelvoux, with the guide's office in the valley of Celse Nière
Pelvoux
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Pelvoux
Coordinates: 44°51′56″N 6°29′22″E / 44.8655°N 6.4895°E / 44.8655; 6.4895Coordinates: 44°51′56″N 6°29′22″E / 44.8655°N 6.4895°E / 44.8655; 6.4895
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Briançon
Canton	L'Argentière-la-Bessée
Area1	76.23 km2 (29.43 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	449
• Density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	05101 /05340
Elevation	1,179–4,101 m (3,868–13,455 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pelvoux is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Vallouise-Pelvoux.

Pelvoux was bidding to be the French candidate city for the 2018 Winter Olympics.