Mormoiron

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Mormoiron
Coat of arms of Mormoiron
Mormoiron (France)
Mormoiron
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Carpentras
Canton Pernes-les-Fontaines
Community association Ventoux Sud
Coordinates 44 ° 4 ′  N , 5 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 4 ′  N , 5 ° 11 ′  E
height 179-450 m
surface 25.03 km 2
Residents 1,873 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 75 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 84570
INSEE code 84082

Bell tower of the Church of Mormoiron

Mormoiron is a French commune with 1,873 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .

geography

Mormoiron is located in the Vaucluse department between the municipalities of Bédoin , Villes-sur-Auzon and Mazan at an altitude of about 280 meters. The Ruisseau de Saint-Laurent stream flows through the village and flows into the Auzon .

View of Mormoiron

Population development

year 1793 1856 1896 1926 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 1,617 2,579 1,387 963 922 956 997 1,018 1,070 1,264 1,562 1,785

Sources: INSEE and Cassini

economy

Mormoiron is part of the Côtes du Ventoux wine-growing region . Together with the neighboring village of Villes-sur-Auzon, the grapes are pressed, expanded and sold through a cooperative.

Culture

The theme of the museum is the mining and processing of local mineral resources ( gypsum , ocher and clay ). It also has a small but interesting prehistoric and paleontological collection, including the full skeleton of a palaeotherium (fossil mammal).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mormoiron in Cassini
  2. ↑ Michel Albarède et al .: Vaucluse (=  Encyclopédies du Voyage ). Gallimard Loisirs, Paris 2007, ISBN 2-7424-1900-4 , p. 326 .
  3. ↑ Le Musée. mormoiron.com, accessed April 28, 2020 (French).

Web links

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