Saint-Romain-en-Viennois

Saint-Romain-en-Viennois
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Vaison-la-Romaine
Community association	Vaison Ventoux
Coordinates	44 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 7 ′  E
height	219-447 m
surface	9 km 2
Residents	802 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	89 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	84110
INSEE code	84116
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Saint-Romain-en-Viennois is a French municipality with 802 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Vaison-la-Romaine in the Arrondissement of Carpentras .

geography

Saint-Romain-en-Viennois is located about 3 km northeast of Vaison-la-Romaine in the north of the Vaucluse department. Other surrounding communities besides Vaison are Villedieu , Puyméras , Faucon , Entrechaux and Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison . The nearest major cities are Valréas in the north-west ( 17 km ), Carpentras in the south ( 23 km ) and Orange in the south-west ( 28 km ).

The community is located northeast of the Dentelles de Montmirail rocky landscape and a little north of the Ouvèze River . The Lauzon , which flows as a right tributary into the Ouvèze, flows just past the town center .

traffic

The department road D938 runs on the north-south axis from Vaison-la-Romaine in the direction of Nyons . To the north of the municipality, the D46 branches off from this road to Mollans-sur-Ouvèze .

history

The place initially belonged to the Principality of Orange in the 12th century and then became the property of the Templars . According to a document from 1220, Saint-Romain-en-Viennois was annexed as a priory to the island of Barbe near Lyon .

From the 15th century the fiefdom was divided between several landlords . In 1573 Protestants from Nyons took the village. During the French Revolution , the community was briefly named Romain-sur-Lauzon.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008
Residents	368	417	526	644	687	730	793	847

Attractions

• Romanesque parish church of Saint-Romain in the center of the village
• Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation chapel in the southwest of the village
• Chapel of Sainte-Marguerite from the 18th century
• War memorial

church

War memorial

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 : Saint-Romain-en-Viennois  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
2. ^ History of the community. from vaison-ventoux-tourisme.com, accessed December 20, 2011 (French).