Peypin-d'Aigues
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Apt | |
| Canton | Pertuis | |
| Community association | Territorial South Luberon | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 47 ' N , 5 ° 34' E | |
| height | 349–1,040 m | |
| surface | 17.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 674 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84240 | |
| INSEE code | 84090 | |
 Protestant church in Peypin-d'Aigues |
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Peypin-d'Aigues is a French municipality with 674 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Pertuis in the Apt arrondissement .
geography
Peypin-d'Aigues is located in the southeast of the Vaucluse department about twelve kilometers northeast of the city of Pertuis . Neighboring communities are Saint-Martin-de-Castillon in the north-west, La Motte-d'Aigues in the west, Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque in the south-west, Grambois in the south and Vitrolles-en-Lubéron in the east. A short stretch of the northern border is formed by the municipality of Céreste in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department .
The height of the municipality ranges from 349 meters in the valley area up to 1040 meters in the mountains of the Grand Luberon . The Mairie is at an altitude of 400 meters . The parish is part of the Luberon Regional Park . The west flowing past on the village stream Ruisseau des Hermitans has a length of 6.4 km and flows Grambois in Eze .
traffic
The départementale D42, which runs through the town center on a west-east axis, connects the municipalities of La Motte-d'Aigues and La Bastide-des-Jourdans . From this the D122 branches off and heads south to Grambois.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 211 | 206 | 221 | 310 | 385 | 473 | 576 | 674 |
Attractions
- Bronze Age remains in the hamlet of Roux
- Roman tombs in the Notre-Dame district
- Castle ruins with a chapel from the 12th century
- Fountain
- Angular dovecote
- Parish church (17th century)
- Protestant Church (mid 19th century)
literature
- Marie-Christine Mansuy u. a .: Parc Naturel Régional du Luberon (= Encyclopédies du Voyage ). Gallimard Loisirs, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-7424-2737-6 , pp. 133 .
