Puyvert

Puyvert
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Apt
Canton	Cheval-Blanc
Community association	Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
Coordinates	43 ° 46 ′  N , 5 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′  N , 5 ° 21 ′  E
height	141-615 m
surface	9.78 km 2
Residents	817 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	84 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	84160
INSEE code	84095
Website	puyvert.fr

Puyvert is a French municipality with 817 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Cheval-Blanc in the Apt arrondissement .

geography

Puyvert is located in the south of the Vaucluse department and is surrounded by the municipalities of Lauris , Cadenet and Lourmarin . The closest major cities are Apt in the northeast ( 14 km ) and Pertuis in the southeast ( 15 km ).

In the north of the municipality, the mountains of rises Luberon with the Luberon Regional Nature Park , to which the municipality belongs. The small river Aigue Brun rises in the Luberon and flows past a little east of the village center and flows further south into the Durance . The Durance also forms the southern border of the municipality and the border with the Bouches-du-Rhône department .

traffic

The D973 runs south of the community center on an east-west axis. The D943 branches off from here and passes east of the municipality into northern Apt. The D943 is one of the few connecting roads between the northern and southern Luberon.

The Cheval-Blanc – Pertuis railway runs parallel to the D973, but has not been open to passenger traffic since 1971.

history

In the Lombarde district, two anthropomorphic steles were found that indicate the spread of the Lagozza culture at the end of the Neolithic . In the early Middle Ages , the area belonged to the Abbey of Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon . At the end of the eleventh century, the abbey founded the Saint-Pierre de Méjean priory , which was annexed into the fifteenth century. The first landlord was Raymond de Puyvert at the beginning of the thirteenth century. After his death in 1323 the fiefdom went to his wife Bérangère and in 1350 to their daughter Doulciane de Puyvert, who was married to Guillaume de Villemus. The fief was under the viguerie of Apt and passed from Oraison to the house of Cadenet in the fifteenth century . Then the area was settled by Waldensians . In 1545 troops from the Aixer parliament, led by Baron Jean Maynier , moved in and destroyed the village. In 1626, the Vice Count of Cadenet decided to repopulate the place.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008
Residents	152	163	232	297	434	541	691	731

Town twinning

• Ötisheim , Baden-Württemberg

Attractions

Wash house

• Pigeon tower: relic of an old castle from the 14th century, located on the hill of Jas de Puyvert. The pigeon tower was built in the 18th century and houses a total of 3000 pigeon nests made of glazed terracotta. The tower was restored in 1998 as an integral part of the Luberon Regional Natural Park.
• Church of Our Lady
• Saint-Pierre de Méjean Priory
• Dwelling caves

literature

• Jules Courtet: Dictionnaire géographique, géologique, historique, archéologique et biographique du département du Vaucluse . Avignon 1876.
• Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse . A. Barthélemy, Avignon 1986.

Web links

Commons : Puyvert  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (French)

References and comments

1. ↑ The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
2. ^ Ligne de Cheval-Blanc à Pertuis , accessed on October 27, 2011.
3. ^ History of the Waldensians in Puyvert , accessed on October 29, 2011.
4. ^ Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse , 1986, pp. 331-332.