Pujaut
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Pujaut Puejaut |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes | |
| Canton | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | |
| Community association | Grand Avignon | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 0 ′ N , 4 ° 47 ′ E | |
| height | 20-168 m | |
| surface | 23.5 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,136 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 176 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30131 | |
| INSEE code | 30209 | |
| Website | mairiepujaut.fr | |
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Pujaut ( Occitan Puejaut ) is a French commune with 4136 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department and in the Occitanie region .
geography
Pujaut is eight kilometers north of Avignon on the western bank of the Rhone . The municipalities of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon , Rochefort-du-Gard , Tavel and Roquemaure are in the vicinity .
history
The first inhabitants of the Podium Altum were mainly hunters and fishermen. In 1882, devices that date to the Bronze Age ( 2200 BC ) were discovered at the village pond . The higher areas were covered with forest and offered little arable land. The houses were later towered over by a castle that was destroyed during the Albigensian Wars .
During the Huguenot Wars , Pujaut was captured by the Protestants in 1567, who withdrew three years later after setting fire to part of the village. At that time, the inhabitants settled the upper part of the village, which was surrounded by a village wall and a moat. Another important settlement center was the Canon district around the Saint-Vérédème chapel.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1083 | 1219 | 1533 | 2465 | 2911 | 3242 | 3930 | 4136 |
Attractions
- Wash houses
- Church ( 14th century ), built at the request of Cardinal Pierre de Bertrandi
- Notre-Dame du Château, built in 1868 on a hill called Lou Mourre de Castèu .
- Manor houses of the Carthusian Order (St Bruno, St Hugues, St Anthelme)
- Chapel ( 10th century ) and estate of the Benedictine order
- Windmill, IGN survey point with a good view of the area
- Old village center, alleys
Saint-Jacques church
Wash house
literature
- Marcel Jouffret: Pujaut, Mon Village , Ed. Lacour, 1992
- Guy Barruol, Michèle Bois, Yann Codou, Marie-Pierre Estienne, Élizabeth Sauze: List des établissements religieux relevant de l'abbaye Saint-André du Xe au XIIIe siècle , in: Guy Barruol, Roseline Bacon et Alain Gérard, L'abbaye de Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, histoire, archeology, rayonnement, Actes du colloque inter-régional tenu en 1999 à l'occasion du millénaire de la fondation de l'abbaye Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon , Ed. Alpes de Lumières, Cahiers de Salagon no 4, Mane, 2001, 448 pages, ISSN 1254-9371 , ISBN 2-906162-54-X
Web links
- Official website (French)