Thoard

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Thoard

Total population

733

Coordinates44.15°, 6.15°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Thoard is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Pierre Gassendi

French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist (*1592 – †1655)

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Alain Boghossian

French footballer (born 1970)

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Hugh of Digne

French writer

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Alexandre Arnoux

French writer (1884–1973)

Jean-Yves Royer

French writer

Tristan Louis

French writer

Alphonse Beau de Rochas

French engineer (1815–1893)

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Douceline of Digne

13th-century Provençal saint

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François de Baschi

French diplomat

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Gabrielle Traxler

Austrian politician (1942-2015)

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Louis Richeome

French philosopher

Maxime Lombard

French actor

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Francis of Mayrone

French philosopher

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Christian Chessel

French Catholic priest

Cyril Féraud

French journalist

Césaire Léon Amaudric du Chaffaut

French politician (1822-1884)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

• Les Bourres
  1.2 mi away
• Saint-Estève
  2.1 mi away
• Le Castellard-Mélan
  2.9 mi away · pop. 61
• L'Escale
  7.6 mi away · pop. 1,377
• Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson
  7.7 mi away · pop. 691
• Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
  7.9 mi away · pop. 5,082
• Le Brusquet
  8 mi away · pop. 968
• Saint-Geniez
  8.1 mi away · pop. 107
• La Grande Bastide
  8.3 mi away
• Malijai
  9.3 mi away · pop. 2,002
• Archail
  9.4 mi away · pop. 14
• Peipin
  9.5 mi away · pop. 1,480

Browse all places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Pill Millipede

Glomeris marginata

Seen 2026-10-22

Speckled Rose Chafer

Protaetia morio

Seen 2026-10-20

Smokebush

Cotinus coggygria

Seen 2026-10-18

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-10-17

Common Crane

Grus grus

Seen 2026-10-16

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-10-16

Italian maple

Acer opalus

Seen 2026-10-16

common juniper

Juniperus communis

Seen 2026-10-16

common reed

Phragmites australis

Seen 2026-10-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers