Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Avignon | |
| Canton | Le Pontet | |
| Community association | Grand Avignon | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 57 ' N , 4 ° 56' E | |
| height | 34-117 m | |
| surface | 6.25 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,846 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 775 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84450 | |
| INSEE code | 84119 | |
| Website | saintsaturnin.com | |
 town hall |
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Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon is a French municipality with 4846 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Le Pontet in the Arrondissement of Avignon .
geography
The place is about ten kilometers east of Avignon , at the foot of the hill of Puy, the second largest elevation in the municipality. The municipality is irrigated by several arms of the Sorgue .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1008. It was the fief of the Saint-Saturnin family. The first known landlord was Guillaume de Saint-Saturnin, who in 1125 signed a contract with other landlords to divide the Marquisate and Avignon between the houses of Toulouse and Barcelona.
In the 14th century a village wall with three gates was built, of which only a few pieces of wall built into the facade of houses are left.
During the 19th century, Färberkrapp was grown on the floodplain of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Residents | 1,511 | 1,828 | 2.223 | 2,664 | 2,941 | 3,835 | 5,042 |
Town twinning
- Melara in the province of Rovigo , Italy
Attractions
- 11th century church
- Oratorio
- Lavoir from 1868
- botanical path
Water wheel on irrigation canal
Lavoir
church
literature
- Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse , Avignon, 1986, ISBN 2903044279
- Jules Courtet: Dictionnaire géographique, géologique, historique, archéologique et biographique du département du Vaucluse , Nîmes, 1997, ISBN 284406051X
Web links
- Official website (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse , p. 385
- ^ Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse , p. 386
- ↑ Jules Courtet: Dictionnaire géographique , p. 291