Cheval-Blanc
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Apt | |
| Canton | Cheval-Blanc (main town) | |
| Community association | Luberon Monts de Vaucluse | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 4' E | |
| height | 76-725 m | |
| surface | 58.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,276 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 73 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84460 | |
| INSEE code | 84038 | |
| Website | ville-chevalblanc.fr | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Cheval-Blanc is a French municipality with 4276 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
Cheval-Blanc is located about five kilometers southeast of Cavaillon and is adjacent to the municipalities of Orgon , Taillades and Cavaillon.
In the west and south-west of the municipality the Durance flows , which also forms the border with the Bouches-du-Rhône department . North-east, the mountains of rises Luberon with the Luberon Regional Nature Park , to which the municipality belongs. In between, the Canal de Carpentras flows across the municipality .
traffic
From the northwest, the D973 runs from Cavaillon to the southeast in the direction of Mérindol. The D31 branches off near the community center and leads northeast to the neighboring community of Taillades. To the southwest of the municipality, the A7 autoroute and the TGV railway line extend parallel to the Durance . The nearest train stations are two kilometers southwest in Orgon and four kilometers northwest in Cavaillon. The next TGV stop is Avignon TGV station in the northwest, 25 km away .
history
The first traces of human settlement go back to the Neolithic . Found Massali coins indicate trade in Phocean times. During the Middle Ages , settlements formed around Saint-Phalès , Saint-Ferréol and Roquette . In 1096, the Saint-Phalès priory became dependent on the Abbey of Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon . From 1178 to 1202 Saint-Phalès went to the Sénanque Abbey , then to the Bishop of Cavaillon . Saint-Ferréol was a priory of Saint-Eusèbe de Saignon in the twelfth century and also went to Saint-André de Villeneuve in 1178. In the twelfth century, the Canal Saint-Julien was built to irrigate the surrounding fields. The castle of Roquette was the actual settlement center at that time and was first mentioned in 1245 in the "Red Book" of Alfonso von Poitiers . Like Saint-Phalès, the castle fell into the hands of Bermundus, Bishop of Cavaillon.
In 1397 the area was in papal possession and was sacked by the troops of Raimund von Turenne . A few decades later, Waldensians settled in Saint-Phalés. The massacres of 1545 led to the destruction of the Bastide . At that time, Roquette was under episcopal and countial co-rule and was then administered by the city of Cavaillon. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the bishops enfeoffed their share in the House of Grillet des Taillades. A little further north of Roquette, the Bastide des Mayorques was built in the eighteenth century by a political refugee from England .
The decision to create a new village was made on August 12, 1765 by the last bishop of Cavaillon, Louis-Joseph Crispin des Achards de la Balme. In the vicinity of the Auberge du Cheval Blanc ("Inn for the White Horse"), the parish of Saint-Paul, independent of Cavaillon, was initially established. Around 1790, Saint-Paul was converted into a real parish and four years later was given the name Blanc-Montagne . It was only at the time of the Empire in 1804 that the city fathers decided on the current community name.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1,839 | 1,880 | 2,029 | 2,372 | 3,032 | 3,524 | 3,981 | 4,104 | 4,276 |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Paul , a former chapel dating from 1650, consecrated in 1745 and enlarged several times. The two bells come from two chapels in the Tuilières and Grands Terres districts that have now disappeared.
- Chapel of Sainte-Thérèse
- Paddle wheel on the Canal de Carpentras
- Gorges de Régalon (Régalon Gorge) about 9 km southeast.
literature
- Jules Courtet: Dictionnaire géographique, géologique, historique, archéologique et biographique du département du Vaucluse . Avignon 1876.
- Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse . A. Barthélemy, Avignon 1986.
Web links
- Official website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
- ^ Jacques Buisson-Catiln: Le Luberon des origines , Notice 4 d'archéologie vauclusienne, Éd. A. Barthélemy, Avignon, 1997, p. 46.
- ^ A b Robert Bailly, Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse , p. 157.
- ^ Jules Courtet: Dictionnaire géographique, géologique, historique, archéologique et biographique du département du Vaucluse , p. 151.
- ^ A b Robert Bailly, Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse , p. 156.