BARCELONNETTE, town, department of Basses-Alpes, south-east France. Pop. (1931) 1,91 1. Situated at a height of 3 , 717f t. on the right bank of the Ubaye river, it is in a fertile val ley surrounded by villas, built by those who have made their fortune in Mexico, and are locally known as les Americains. The town itself is composed of a long street which is really the road from Grenoble to Cuneo over the Col de l'Argentiere (6,545ft.). The town takes its name from the counts of Barcelona, to which family belonged Raymond Berenger IV., count of Provence, who refounded the town in 1231. It belonged to Savoy 1388-1713, since when it has belonged to France.