Lac de Serre-Ponçon

reservoir in France
LakeBodyOfWater reservoir Q1799634
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Lac de Serre-Ponçon

Summary

Lac de Serre-Ponçon is a reservoir[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon is located in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence[3].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon is located in Hautes-Alpes[4].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon is in the country of France[5].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's instance of is recorded as reservoir[6].
  • Q131396661 is named after Lac de Serre-Ponçon[7].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's inflows is recorded as Durance[8].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's inflows is recorded as Ubaye[9].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's inflows is recorded as Torrent de Saint-Marthe[10].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's inflows is recorded as Torrent de Boscodon[11].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's outflows is recorded as Durance[12].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's basin country is recorded as France[13].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's Commons category is recorded as Lac de Serre-Ponçon[14].
  • 1959 marks the founding of Lac de Serre-Ponçon[15].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.516666666667, 'lon': 6.35}[16].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Durance[17].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lac de Serre-Ponçon[18].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's Commons gallery is recorded as Lac de Serre-Ponçon[19].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+750'}[20].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.2'}[21].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3600'}[22].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's volume as quantity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5195628', 'amount': '+1272'}[23].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+90'}[24].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's mountain range is recorded as Q3850972[25].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's mountain range is recorded as Massif des Trois-Évêchés[26].
  • Lac de Serre-Ponçon's mountain range is recorded as Parpaillon mountain range[27].

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Geography

Lac de Serre-Ponçon is in the country of France[5]. Located in include Alpes-de-Haute-Provence[3], a department of France[28], in France[29], founded in 1790[30] and Hautes-Alpes[4], a department of France[31], in France[32], founded in 1790[33].

Physical Characteristics

Lac de Serre-Ponçon covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.2'}[21]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+750'}[20].

Designation and Status

Lac de Serre-Ponçon's instance of is recorded as reservoir[6].

History and Context

1959 marks the founding of Lac de Serre-Ponçon[15]. Q131396661 is named after it[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lac de Serre-Ponçon include Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon[34], a commune of France[35], in France[36], founded in 2017[37].

Why It Matters

Lac de Serre-Ponçon ranks in the top 7% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon[34], a commune of France[35], in France[36], founded in 2017[37].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'it', 'lb', 'n
    Gnd id → 1199885819
    Sitelink count → 19
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · Carsten Steger · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes
    Named after → —
    Inception → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 44.516666666667, 'lon': 6.35}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Aerial image of Lac de Serre-Ponçon (view from the west).jpg"
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