What is Gap, Hautes-Alpes?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Gap |image flag = |image flag size = |image coat of arms = Blason Gap.svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Gap018.jpg |caption = View of Gap. |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|44.5594|6.0786|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Gap |canton = Chief town of 4 cantons |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = CA Gap-Tallard-Durance |mayor = Roger Didier<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ville-gap.fr/l-equipe-municipale |title= L'équipe municipale |publisher= Ville de Gap |language=French |accessdate=17 July 2017 |date= }}</ref> |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 1493 |elevation min m = 625 |elevation max m = 2360 |area km2 = 110.43 | population demonym = |population = 40225 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 05061 |postal code = 05000 |website = [https://www.ville-gap.fr/ www.ville-gap.fr] }} '''Gap''' is a [[Communes of France|''commune'']] in the [[Hautes-Alpes]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southeastern France. It is the ''[[Prefectures in France|préfecture]]'' ([[Capital city|capital]]), and main city, of the department. Gap is the highest [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] (departmental capital) of France; the city is in a [[valley]] whose bottom is at an [[altitude]] of about {{Convert|735|m|ft|abbr=on }} [[above sea level]]