Pays de Sault (Vaucluse)

Lavender fields near Sault

The Pays de Sault is a natural region in the south of France in the Vaucluse department . It takes its name from the municipality of Sault and is in turn namesake for the former municipal association of the same name . Besides the cultivation of grain, lavender is the most important source of income in the region.

Flora and fauna

The open landscape is criss-crossed by pine , oak and beech forests . The wet meadows are home to the wild tulip , whose picking is prohibited.

The region is home to a characteristic steppe bird world, including the Montagu's Harrier , Little Bustard , Triel , Great Gray Shrike and Red Grouse . The black woodpecker and woodcock , a rare nest-builder in Provence, breed in the bushes . In the cold season, the Sault plateau is an important wintering area for the lemon siskin , a small grain eater from the goldfinch subfamily . The aspis viper is common, while the smooth snake has its only known abode in Vaucluse up here.

Wild boar , roe deer and stags are numerous in the landscape. The Algerian house mouse (Mus spretus) , a Mediterranean species that occurs frequently in the plains, is close to its altitude range here.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Michel Albarède et al .: Vaucluse (=  Encyclopédies du Voyage ). Gallimard Loisirs, Paris 2007, ISBN 2-7424-1900-4 , p. 327-328 .

Coordinates: 44 ° 5 ′ 32 "  N , 5 ° 23 ′ 59"  E