Buis-les-Baronnies

Buis-les-Baronnies
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Nyons
Canton	Nyons et Baronnies
Community association	Baronnies en Drôme Provençale
Coordinates	44 ° 17 ′  N , 5 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 17 ′  N , 5 ° 16 ′  E
height	319–1,080 m
surface	33.74 km 2
Residents	2,302 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	68 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	26170
INSEE code	26063
Website	Buis-les-Baronnies
Buis-les-Baronnies - Rocher Saint-Julien on the left , Mont Ventoux in the background

Buis-les-Baronnies is a small French town with 2,302 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on the northern edge of Provence in the Drôme department . In the Middle Ages, the place was temporarily the capital of the baronnies .

location

Buis-les-Baronnies lies at an altitude of approx. 375 m above sea level. d. M. on both banks of the river Ouvèze in the area of ​​the confluence of the river Menon . The nearest major cities are Nyons, approx. 30 km (driving distance) northwest, and Vaison-la-Romaine, approx. 25 km to the west . The climate is temperate.

Population development

year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1999	2016
Residents	2215	2348	1855	1383	2226	2293

Due to immigration from the surrounding rural communities, the population of the small town, which shrank in the first half of the 20th century as a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture, has risen to its old level in recent decades.

economy

Due to the favorable climate, Buis-les-Baronnies is best known for the cultivation of olives and its lime blossom market. The place has the right to market the wines grown on its territory under the appellations Coteaux-des-Baronnies , Drôme , Comtés Rhodaniens and Méditerranée . Tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) plays an important role in the municipality's economic life.

history

The main place of the Buxons , a subgroup of the Celtic tribe of the Vocontier , is located here; Roman traces have not yet been discovered. Since the 9th century, the barons of Mévouillon ruled Buis and the entire region that legally belonged to the Holy Roman Empire , but the Abbey of Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon also maintained a priory here in the 12th century . Buis and, since 1125, Nyons too, were the capitals of the baronnies . In the early 14th century Buis came under the rule of the Dauphins of Viennois , whose territory, however - after a plague epidemic in 1347 - fell to the French crown in 1349 ; However, the dolphin has been preserved in the city arms. Buis suffered badly in the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598) and Nyons became the administrative center of the region during the French Revolution .

Attractions

Place des Arcades

• The market square with arcade houses forms the economic and tourist center of the city. There are considerations that the ensemble, which is otherwise rather rare in eastern France, can be traced back to Swiss or southern German models.
• The Tour du Pin and the Tour de Safre from the 14th century (now a ruin) were part of the former city fortifications ( remparts ).
• The Église Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth is a rather rustic building from the late Gothic period . The nave has a pointed barrel vault .
• The first Dominican monastery from the late 13th century fell victim to the destruction of the Huguenots in 1562. The new building, completed at the end of the 16th century, contained a seminar and a college. The building, nationalized during the revolutionary years, is now owned by the city. Two wings of the inner courtyard are part of the former cloister .
• A renaissance portal has been preserved from the former Ursuline convent , which today forms the entrance to a residential building. The portal was already recognized as a Monument historique in 1926 .
• The Maison des plantes aromatiques et médicinales is dedicated to the aromatic and medicinal plants of the High Provence. Linden blossoms are particularly characteristic of the region .

outside

• Numerous hiking trails also open up the Rocher Saint-Julien , which towers high above the city .
• Another destination is the Chapelle Saint-Trophime, enthroned above the valley, with a large statue of the saint in front of it.

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  Dominican monastery

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  Renaissance portal

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  Under the arcades

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  St. Julien rock

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  Saint-Trophime Chapel

Partnerships

A partnership with the Baden-Württemberg community of Gomadingen in the Reutlingen district ( Baden-Württemberg ) has existed since 1999 . Another partnership exists with the Belgian municipality of Waimes in Wallonia ( East Belgium ).

Web links

Commons : Buis-les-Baronnies  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Buis-les-Baronnies - Photos + Info (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Buis-les-Baronnies - climate tables
2. ↑ Buis-les-Baronnies - Viticulture
3. ↑ Portail d'un maison, Buis-les-Baronnies in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)