Arpavon
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Nyons | |
| Canton | Nyons et Baronnies | |
| Community association | Baronnies en Drôme Provençale | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 22 ′ N , 5 ° 16 ′ E | |
| height | 341-1,205 m | |
| surface | 13.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 77 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 6 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26110 | |
| INSEE code | 26013 | |
 Arpavon in the baronnies |
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Arpavon is a commune with 77 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Drome region, in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
geography
Arpavon is located in the south of the Drôme department in a valley between the mountains of the Baronnies at an average altitude of 773 meters above sea level , 39 kilometers northeast of Carpentras and about 10 kilometers northeast of Nyons , the capital of the arrondissement . The village is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sainte-Jalle , Curnier and Montaulieu . The municipality has an area of 13.45 square kilometers. The Ennuye river , a tributary of the Eygues , flows west of the town center and along the D64 .
Arpavon is assigned to a type Cfb climate zone (according to Köppen and Geiger ): warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
history
Arpavon was founded in the early Middle Ages and was first mentioned in 1216 as Castrum Arpaonis . Ernest Nègre assumes that the place name was Latin and that Castrum altum pavonis means something like ' high castle of the peacock ' in German. Originally there was also a castle above the town center. The theory of the peacock in the place name is supported by the fact that the church of Sainte-Jalle is decorated with a relief of a peacock and that another neighboring village, Villeperdrix , is called the ' country estate of the partridge '.
| year | Residents |
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| 1836 | 339 |
| 1872 | 280 |
| 1901 | 182 |
| 1936 | 93 |
| 1968 | 64 |
| 1975 | 43 |
| 1982 | 32 |
| 1990 | 44 |
| 1999 | 61 |
| 2008 | 71 |
| 2016 | 77 |
In 1330 there were 78 households (Feu fiscal) in the Seigneurie of Arpavon, which belonged to the barony of Mévouillon . In 1336 the Dauphins received the fief. They sold it to the Princes of Orange in 1341 . After 1378 the fiefdom belonged to the Margraviate of Saluzzo and changed hands several times until the French Revolution (1789–1799). In 1621 Arpavon was the scene of a battle of the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), during which the castle was completely destroyed.
In 1793 Arpavon received the status of a municipality in the course of the French Revolution and in 1801 the right to local self-government. The community had the most inhabitants (360) in 1793. After that, the population decreased until 1982 when the community only had 32 inhabitants.
Attractions
The parish church of Arpavon was originally a priory belonging to the Abbey of Bodon in Saint-May . It was built in the 13th century on the foundations of an older church from the 11th century and was integrated into the city wall. The bell tower was built in the 17th century. The choir was renewed in the 19th century. In the church is the grave plaque of the parish priest Ponce Latil. It bears a Latin inscription and was made in 1148. In 1905 it was classified as a Monument historique ('historical monument').
Local products
In the municipality there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Picodon , olive oil (Huile d'olive de Nyons) , black olives (Olives noires de Nyons) and lavender oil (Huile essentielle de lavande de Haute-Provence) as well as Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for Lamb (Agneau de Sisteron) , poultry (Volailles de la Drôme) , honey (Miel de Provence) , einkorn flour and einkorn ( farine de petit épeautre or petit épeautre de haute Provence ) and white , rosé and red wine with the name Comtés Rhodaniens , Coteaux des Baronnies , Drôme and Méditerranée .
Web links
- Website from Arpavon (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Le village d'Arpavon. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved August 3, 2012 (French).
- ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape 1 . Librairie Droz, 1990, ISBN 978-2-600-02884-4 , pp. 321 ( online [accessed September 13, 2011]). (French)
- ↑ a b Arpavon - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 13, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Entry No. 26013 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)