Flassan
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras | |
| Canton | Pernes-les-Fontaines | |
| Community association | Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 6 ′ N , 5 ° 15 ′ E | |
| height | 337-1,058 m | |
| surface | 20.6 km 2 | |
| Residents | 465 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84410 | |
| INSEE code | 84046 | |
 Town hall and fountain |
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Flassan is a French municipality with 465 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
Flassan is located 16 km from Carpentras in the northeast of the Vaucluse department. Surrounding municipalities are Villes-sur-Auzon , Mormoiron , Bédoin , Sault and Monieux .
The community is located at the foot of Mont Ventoux , west of the entrance to the Canaud Gorge. The river Auzon rises not far from the community center and flows into the Sorgue de Velleron after 35.3 km . The highest point in the municipality is located at 1058 meters east of the Saint-Jean chapel.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 237 | 249 | 251 | 295 | 332 | 341 | 404 | 412 | 465 |
Attractions
Several picturesque streets lead to the Romanesque church from the 13th century , where you can discover fountains and wash houses . The warm colors of the facades are due to the nearby ocher quarries .
The church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin was founded as a priory in the 14th century . The originally Romanesque nave has a Latin cross plan and three cross-pointed arches supported by beams. Under the floor there is a crypt with old vaults. The semicircular apse has a semi-domed vault.
The style of Vaubonne Castle can be dated to the 18th century . It consists of a main building with two upstream side wings. There are two rural chapels in the municipality. The first is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and is located in the Canaud Gorge. It is partially carved into the rock. The higher located chapel of Saint-Jean-du-Désert has been attested since 1154 under the name of Sancti Johannis in territorio Villelonga in Monte Ventorio . The uniformly looking nave and the semicircular apse were restored in 1938.
tourism
The 83 km long long-distance hiking trail GR 91 runs through the municipality , from Brantes to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse .
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.
- Guy Barruol, Nerte Dautier, Bernard Mondon: Le mont Ventoux. Encyclopédie d'une montagne provençale . Alpes de Lumières, 2007, ISBN 978-2-906162-92-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
- ↑ Geodata at geodesie.ign.fr. Institut géographique national , accessed December 18, 2011 .
- ↑ Barruol, Dautier, Mondon: Encyclopaedia Ventoux , S. 312th
- ^ Jules Courtet, p. 160
- ^ Robert Bailly, p. 179.
- ^ Robert Bailly, p. 180.
- ↑ Les sentiers GR®, GRP®, PR® en PACA. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 4, 2012 ; Retrieved December 18, 2011 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
