Tartonne
Tartonne (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. The name of the inhabitants is Tartonnais. Geography Site and climate The village of Tartonne is located bottom of Valley, altitude, greatly influencing the climate; the differences of temperatures on the same day are very important: in 2004, the mean amplitude of temperature was 27 °C. The landscape is marked by , a sedimentary rock of black color which is very soft and crumbly to air, but which is very strong in the subsoil. Hydrography The river Asse de Clumanc has its source in the north of the commune. Environment The commune has of woods and forests, though only 4.5% of its area. Habitat and hamlets Like its neighbour Clumanc, Tartonne does not correspond to a specific agglomeration, which is quite unusual. The habitat is very dispersed, and one can distinguish five groups of hamlets which are very distant from each other (up to 10 km): Petit Défend at altitude Plan-de-Chaude, the main hamlet at which constitutes the headquarters with the town hall Maladrech at Le Viable, Les Thourons and Les Laugiers, all at Sauzeries-Hautes and Sauzeries-Basses at La Pène or La Peine at This distance is