Loriol-du-Comtat
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras | |
| Canton | Carpentras | |
| Community association | Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 5 ' N , 5 ° 0' E | |
| height | 31-93 m | |
| surface | 11.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,603 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 231 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84870 | |
| INSEE code | 84067 | |
| Website | http://www.loriolducomtat.fr | |
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Loriol-du-Comtat ( Occitan L'Auriòu de la Comtat ) is a French commune with 2603 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region .
geography
The community is located around 20 kilometers northeast of Avignon . Neighboring communities are:
- Aubignan in the northeast,
- Carpentras in the southeast,
- Monteux in the southwest and
- Sarrians in the northwest.
The municipality is crossed by the river Mède , which receives its tributary Brégoux in the southwest corner of the municipality . In the far east, the Canal de Carpentras irrigation canal also uses the municipal area for a few hundred meters, but it is precisely here that it is supplied with water via an important aqueduct ( Aqueduc des Cinq-Cantons ).
Transport links
The community is located off on regional transport links and with its neighboring communities with the department road connected D950 (west-east direction) and the department of roads D126 and D107 (in North-South direction).
history
Shortly before the beginning of the Gallo-Roman period, the area was populated by the Celtoligur tribe of the Memini . The Romans drove out the locals and settled the country until the 4th century AD.
After the collapse of the empire of Charlemagne , Loriol was administered successively by the Counts of Provence , the Counts of Toulouse and finally Barral from the House of Baux .
At the beginning of the 14th century, Aimard de Poitiers sold his castle and manor to Guilhem de Clermont, a nephew of Pope Clermens V. The fief remained in the possession of the Clermont-Lodève family until 1363, who passed it on to the Astorg de Peyre family by marriage . After the Hundred Years War , the area was ravaged by marauding mercenaries. The residents left the village and sought refuge in the safe city of Carpentras.
After a slow resettlement, the fiefdom was divided into four co-owners in 1772. In 1830 Loriol had 452 inhabitants, of which only a tenth were born outside the village. In 1918 it was renamed Loriol-du-Comtat to distinguish the community from Loriol of the same name in the Drôme department.
Place name
The place name developed from the Latin Auriolus or Aureolus , which means something like "golden". In Occitan , auriol is also used to denote the yellow-colored oriole ( Oriolus oriolus , in French loriot ).
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 903 | 1191 | 1426 | 1710 | 1871 | 2186 | 2603 |
Attractions
- Château de Talaud , 18th century castle - Monument historique
- Aqueduc des Cinq-Cantons , aqueduct from the 19th century - Monument historique
- Parish Church of St-Pierre-aux-Liens (12th century)
- Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel (11th to 17th centuries), in the Meyras district
- Town hall (18th century)
- Château Sainte-Barbe (northeast)
St-Pierre-aux-Liens
aqueduct
Château de Talaud
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e History of Loriol-du-Comtat on the official website of the municipality. loriolducomtat.fr, accessed June 30, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Château de Talaud in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Aqueduc des Cinq-Cantons in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)