Lac de Castillon
# Lac de Castillon

The Lac de Castillon (English: Lake of Castillon) is a reservoir in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Southeastern France. At an elevation of 880 m (2,890 ft), the lake's surface area is 5 $km^2$ (1.9 sq mi). The Castillon dam holds 150,000,000 $m^3$ $(5.3×10^9$ cu ft) of water.

Upon its creation in 1948, the lake submerged the former village of Castillon (after which it was named), the commune of which was then merged with Castellane.

## Military testing facility

The Lac de Castillon houses a military testing facility to the southwest of Saint-Julien-du-Verdon, operated by the Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) of the Ministry of Armed Forces.

## Gallery

* General view, June 2006
* Aerial view, July 2015
* DGA testing facility
