Mondragon (Vaucluse)
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras | |
| Canton | Bollène | |
| Community association | Rhône Lez Provence | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 14 ' N , 4 ° 43' E | |
| height | 34-217 m | |
| surface | 40.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,792 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 93 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84430 | |
| INSEE code | 84078 | |
| Website | www.mairie-mondragon84.fr | |
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Mondragon is a French town with 3792 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Vaucluse department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Bollène in the Arrondissement of Carpentras .
geography
Mondragon is located in Tricastin in Provence on the A 7 autoroute between Bollène in the north and Mornas in the south, 97 kilometers northeast of Montpellier and 14 kilometers northwest of Orange . The Rhône and the Lez , a tributary of the Rhône, flow through the municipality. The city lies on the Canal de Donzère-Mondragon , a shipping canal that shortens a loop of the Rhône and joins the river south of the city. The hamlet of Derboux belongs to Mondragon. Neighboring municipalities of Mondragon are Lamotte-du-Rhône in the south-west, Bollène in the north-west, Mornas in the south-east and Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts in the south-west. The municipality covers 4065 hectares, the mean height is 126 meters above sea level , the Mairie stands at a height of 50 meters.
Mondragon is assigned to a type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ) climate zone : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
history
In the district of Saint-Jean, which lies between the railway line and the canal, a Gallo-Roman villa was discovered in which, among other things, a statue was found depicting a Gallic warrior. It is the stone museum Musée Calvet of Avignon issued.
Mondragon was first mentioned in 1137 as Mons Draconis ( Latin for "mountain of the dragon").
politics
Mondragon is part of the Rhône-Lez-Provence municipality and is twinned with Lenola in Italy .
Description of the coat of arms : In silver, a blue orb with gold rings and a cross .
Attractions
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The Romanesque cemetery chapel Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens in Derboux was built towards the end of the 12th century. Inside there is a fresco from the beginning of the 13th century depicting the Virgin Mary . The chapel was rebuilt in the 19th century. It is now owned by the municipality and was classified as a Monument historique ('historical monument') in 1997 .
The Hôtel de Suze dates from the 16th century. It is privately owned and was entered in the supplementary list of the Monuments historiques in 1949 .
economy
The image of the community is shaped by vineyards and orchards. An important line of business for the inhabitants, called Mondragonnais, is viticulture . There is a local winemaker cooperative.
In the municipality, the controlled designations of origin (AOC) apply to olive oil (Huile d'olive de Provence) , wines from the Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône Villages wine-growing regions and Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for poultry (Volailles de la Drôme) , honey (Miel de Provence) and red , white and rosé wines called Méditerranée and Vaucluse .
Web links
- Mondragon in Base Mémoire (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b La ville de Mondragon. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 28, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Guerrier de Mondragon on the website of the Calvet Foundation (French). Accessed on November 24, 2009.
- ↑ Official website of the CC Rhône Lez Provence ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- ↑ Le Comité de jumelage fêtera ses 25 ans en 2011. In: mondragon-plus.com. October 21, 2012, accessed September 28, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Entry no. 84078 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ Présentation du village on mairie-mondragon84.fr Présentation du village. Mondragon notre village (French)
