Auvare is located some 45 km north-east of
Nice (in a direct line) and 6 km north-east of
Puget-Théniers in the heart of the Alps. Access to the commune is by the D16 road from Puget-Theniers which passes through the far south of the commune and continues, changing its designation to D316, to join the D2202 just south of
Daluis. Access to the village in the centre of the commune is by a small local road which branches from the D16 in the south of the commune and follows a tortuous and long route to the village. There is also an equally tortuous route going west from the village which eventually meets the D316 west of the commune. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Les Vignes towards the south. The terrain of the commune is alpine and very rugged with no apparent farmland. Numerous waterways rise in the commune and flow generally south-west including the
Roudoule which forms the north-western border, the
Vallon du Serre Long, the
Vallon de Mous which flows east to the commune boundary where it joins an unnamed stream which flows north-east and forms the north-eastern border, the
Ravin de Peichal flows north to join the same stream, and the ''Vallon d'Auvare
with many tributaries which rises north of the village and flows south through the village continuing south to join the Torrent de Mayola''.
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