Beaumont-du-Ventoux
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras | |
| Canton | Vaison-la-Romaine | |
| Community association | Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 11 ' N , 5 ° 10' E | |
| height | 357-1,900 m | |
| surface | 28.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 280 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84340 | |
| INSEE code | 84015 | |
Beaumont-du-Ventoux is a French municipality with 280 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Vaucluse department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
Beaumont-du-Ventoux is located 17 kilometers from Carpentras in the northeast of the Vaucluse department. The surrounding communities are Bédoin , Malaucène and Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux .
The municipality occupies the north-west side of Mont Ventoux . Not far from the community center flows a small stream that flows into the Ouvèze in the northwest . The community rises from 357 meters in the extreme west to 1900 meters near the Mount Ventoux summit in the east.
traffic
In the south of the municipality, the route départementale D974 runs from Malaucène on a west-east axis to the summit of Mont Ventoux.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 194 | 203 | 185 | 240 | 260 | 286 | 322 | 322 | 280 |
Attractions
The Romanesque chapel St-Sépulcre from the 12th century is located at the hamlet Valette. It had been a priory of the Saint-Victor de Marseille Abbey since 1113 . A scene is carved on its tympanum that allows for several interpretations. Some see them as "a Christ flanked by two crosses and two boxes or houses", some as "a man takes his oath between two sarcophagi" or "a blessing prayer" and others as "the tomb of Jesus Christ with clergymen" .
In the Ste-Marguerite chapel there is an unlabeled stele engraved with a tree of life , which served as a holy water font and an early Christian altar.
tourism
The GR 4 long-distance hiking trail runs south-east of the community center to the summit of Mont Ventoux.
literature
- Jean-Pierre Saltarelli: Les Côtes du Ventoux. Origines et originalités d'un terroir de la vallée du Rhône . A. Barthélemy, Avignon 2000, ISBN 2-87923-041-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
- ↑ a b geodata at geodesie.ign.fr. Institut géographique national , accessed December 19, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Jean-Pierre Saltarelli, p. 144.