Castellet-en-Luberon

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Castellet-en-Luberon
Coat of arms of Castellet-en-Luberon
Castellet-en-Luberon (France)
Castellet-en-Luberon
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Apt
Canton Apt
Community association Pays d'Apt-Luberon
Coordinates 43 ° 50 ′  N , 5 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 50 ′  N , 5 ° 29 ′  E
height 279-1,120 m
surface 9.84 km 2
Residents 131 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 84400
INSEE code 84033

Town center

Castellet en Luberon is a French municipality with 131 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Apt in the arrondissement of the same name .

The municipality, originally called Castellet, changed its name to the current name of Castellet-en-Luberon with decree N ° 2018-956 of November 5, 2018 .

geography

The community is located around eight kilometers southeast of the city of Apt . Neighboring communities are Saignon , Auribeau , Cabrières-d'Aigues and Saint-Martin-de-Castillon .

In the southwest of the municipality rises the Mourre Nègre , which at 1,125 meters is the highest peak in the Luberon Mountains. The Calavon flows along the northern boundary of the municipality .

traffic

The route départementale D48 connects the place with the Route nationale 100 in the north and the municipality of Auribeau in the west.

history

The village was abandoned in the 15th century and repopulated by Georges de Castellane in the following century. In 1753 the manor was sold to Jean d'Ailhaud , a humble surgeon from Lourmarin . In 1758 Jean, who became wealthy through the invention of a laxative powder based on soot , was ennobled to a baron and the manor was converted into a barony.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2008 2016
Residents 65 62 53 72 108 106 105 106 129

Faience from Castellet

Faience dishes in the Musée de l'Aventure industrial in Apt

In the 18th century, the community was best known for the production of orange-colored faience . In 1723 César Moulin moved in with his uncle, who was the local pastor here, to help him manage his property. He founded a faience manufacture in the village, which was in operation until 1852 and even supplied the royal court in Versailles . From here the handicrafts spread to the city of Apt, which rose to become an important faience center in the early 19th century.

Attractions

In the center of the village is a house from the 13th century, of which the arched portal and twin windows have been preserved.

Since the Middle Ages, water has been flowing from a Luberon spring from a well redesigned in 1777.

  • Street in Castellet-en-Luberon

  • Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross

literature

  • Michel Albarède u. a .: Vaucluse (=  Encyclopédies du Voyage ). Gallimard Loisirs, Paris 2007, ISBN 2-7424-1900-4 , p. 271 .

Web links

Commons : Castellet-en-Luberon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Decree N ° 2018-956 of November 5, 2018 on the renaming of the municipality .
  2. ↑ The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
  3. ↑ a b Michel Albarède et al .: Vaucluse. 2007, p. 271.