IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS ABRIES EN QUEYRAS Hautes Alpes

Abriés is a former French commune located in the Hautes-Alpes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is part of the Queyras Regional Natural Park and lies at the gateway to the Upper Guil Valley Nature Reserve. Its inhabitants are called Abriessoises and Abriessois, or the "trippés longés," a nickname given to them by neighboring villages. Toponymy. The name of the locality is attested in the forms Abrii around 1110 and Villa Abrarium in 1311. Derived from the Latin aper*, meaning "wild boar," it is probably a man's nickname, with the suffix *-arium indicating ownership. History. The history of Abriès, from the 16th to the end of the 18th century, is documented by the North American historian and anthropologist Harriet Rosenberg, author of a thesis entitled *A Negotiated World*, published by the University of Toronto Press in 1988, subtitled *Three Centuries of Change in a French Alpine Community*. The digitized version of the Historical and Cultural Dictionary of Queyras can also be consulted on this subject on the Queyras-culture blog. Abriès, like the Queyras region, was probably a crossroads in Antiquity, as evidenced by the presence of a fibula in the commune of Ristolas at La Monta. It appears that a population settled permanently in Abriès from the 11th or 12th century onwards. The cartularies of the 12th and 13th centuries mention the names Abrii and Villa (the farm or estate) Abriarum, Joseph Roman, late 19th century)...