Cabrières-d'Avignon
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Apt | |
| Canton | Cheval-Blanc | |
| Community association | Luberon Monts de Vaucluse | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 54 ' N , 5 ° 9' E | |
| height | 105-626 m | |
| surface | 14.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,816 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 124 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84220 | |
| INSEE code | 84025 | |
 Old dry stone wall |
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Cabrières-d'Avignon is a French commune with 1,816 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
The village is located on the Monts de Vaucluse , on a mountain slope with a view of the Luberon Mountains. The municipality is part of the Luberon Regional Nature Park .
history
In the eleventh to twelfth centuries, the castle of the Adhemar family was built. Cabrières was the center of the Waldensian resistance and was destroyed in a massacre on April 19, 1545. In 1720 a plague epidemic reached Provence and led to the construction of the plague wall , which runs west of the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Residents | 671 | 709 | 780 | 1.004 | 1,142 | 1,422 | 1,808 |
Community partnerships
- Concise in Switzerland
Attractions
- Romanesque parish church of Saint-Vincent
- Private castle from the thirteenth century, reconstructed at the end of the sixteenth century
- Saint-Eusèbe chapel
- Memorial stele for the massacre of 1545
- Oratorio
- Old wash house, cistern, well
- Remains of the plague wall from 1721
- Lavender Museum at Coustellet
- five hectares of cedar forest north of the village
Parish Church of Saint Vincent
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literature
- Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse. Avignon 1986, ISBN 2-903044-27-9 .
- Jules Courtet: Dictionnaire géographique, géologique, historique, archéologique et biographique du département du Vaucluse. Nîmes 1997, ISBN 2-84406-051-X .
- Jean-Pierre Saltarelli: Les Côtes du Ventoux, origines et originalités d'un terroir de la vallée du Rhône. Avignon 2000, ISBN 2-87923-041-1 .
Web links
Commons : Cabrières-d'Avignon - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (French)