Crillon-le-Brave

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Crillon-le-Brave
Crillon-le-Brave coat of arms
Crillon-le-Brave (France)
Crillon-le-Brave
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Carpentras
Canton Pernes-les-Fontaines
Community association Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin
Coordinates 44 ° 7 '  N , 5 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 '  N , 5 ° 9'  E
height 208-443 m
surface 7.63 km 2
Residents 470 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 62 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 84410
INSEE code 84041
Website http://www.crillonlebrave.fr/

View of the northern part of Crillon-le-Brave

Crillon-le-Brave is a French commune of 470 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .

geography

The village is a Perché village surrounded by orchards and fields at the foot of Mont Ventoux , about ten kilometers northeast of Carpentras . The Mède (also known as Vallon des Paillasses ) flows through the south-western part of the municipality, rises on the slopes of Mont Ventoux and flows into the Sorgue after 34.8 kilometers . Neighboring municipalities are Modène in the west, Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols in the south, Bédoin in the east and Malaucène in the north.

history

The cavars founded a first settlement, which the Greeks expanded into a trading post called Akradouleion . The subsequent Romans baptized the place Crillonium or Credullion , which means "stony place".

The earliest mention of the name Crillon dates back to 1157.

During the Avignon papacy , Crillon was a fiefdom and was subordinate to the head of the Apostolic Chamber . In 1408 Crillon, although under the protection of the papal army of Benedict XIII. standing, taken by Captain Tailulo.

The addition le Brave ("the brave") was added in the 19th century in memory of Seigneur Louis Des Balbes de Berton de Crillon . Louis, known as "the brave Crillon", was born in nearby Murs in 1543 and served as the commander of the French army under Henry IV.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 186 134 171 265 370 398 434 470

Attractions

  • The Saint-Michel chapel (12th century) has remains of frescoes from the 12th to 14th centuries. Although unfortunately very damaged, a Christ , several angels, an ox, a lion, the Last Supper and St. Michael are still recognizable as motifs . The chapel has been classified as a historic monument ( Monument historique ) since February 23, 2011 .
  • The castle of Crillon is rarely found below the village. The two towers probably date from the 15th century. The building appears to have been rebuilt in the 19th century. In the 1990s it was sold to a private owner, restored and converted into a hotel.
  • The parish church of Saint-Romain in Romanesque style consists of a four-bay nave . Inside there is an altarpiece by Jacques Bernus and an epitaph by Louis Crillon with the inscription: Henri IV l'aima, les pauvres le pleurèrent ("Henry IV loved him, the poor mourned him"). It fell victim to a new building in the 19th century.
  • The Notre-Dame-des-Accès chapel was built in 1721 in honor of Saint Roch , the saint of the plague . The roof ridge bears a bell tower with a wrought iron cross.
  • The bronze statue of the “brave Crillon”, created in 1858 by Louis Veray , originally stood on the Place de l'Horloge in Avignon , and later in 1891 in front of the Papal Palace . It was confiscated by German troops in 1942 and re-erected in the same place after the end of the war. After repairs, it came to the village square of Crillon.
  • The Porte Gérin (17th century), one of two gates of the medieval village wall, is guarded by a statue of the Blessed Virgin .

  • Way to church

  • Porte Gérin , village gate from the 17th century

  • Statue of the "brave Crillon" on the town hall square

Web links

Commons : Crillon-le-Brave  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Crillon le Brave. Office de tourisme de Bédoin, accessed on June 11, 2013 (French).
  2. ^ A b Ines Mache, Stefan Brandenburg: Provence. 7th edition. Reise Know-How Verlag Rump, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-8317-2022-4 , p. 214.
  3. ^ Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse , A. Barthélemy, Avignon 1986, ISBN 2-903044-27-9 , p. 163.
  4. ↑ Jules Courtet: Dictionnaire géographique, géologique, historique, archéologique et biographique du département du Vaucluse , Christian Lacour, Nîmes 1997, ISBN 2-84406-051-X , p. 153.
  5. ^ 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 , p. 119.
  6. ↑ Entry no. PA84000057 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  7. ↑ a b Jacques Marseille (ed.): Dictionnaire de la Provence et de la Côte d'Azur , Larousse, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-03-575105-5 , p. 247.
  8. ^ Porte Gérin. Official website of the municipality, accessed June 11, 2013 (French).