Did you know?
Dévoluy is home to the most powerful interferometer in the northern hemisphere. On the Bure plateau (at an altitude of 2,550m), twelve giant antennae, each fifteen metres in diameter, offer an unprecedented spectacle, in a setting worthy of a science fiction film. Here, at the NOEMA observatory, the team from theInstitut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) is at work.
Although the observatory is not a tourist attraction and therefore cannot be visited, the Bure plateau is nevertheless accessible to a well-informed public, after several hours’ walking or ski touring.




































