Sault (Vaucluse)

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Sault
Sault coat of arms
Sault (France)
Sault
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Carpentras
Canton Pernes-les-Fontaines
Community association Ventoux Sud
Coordinates 44 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 25 ′  E
height 650-1,591 m
surface 111.15 km 2
Residents 1,381 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 84390
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairie-sault-84.fr/

Sault

Sault is a French commune in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . The municipality has 1381 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the canton of Pernes-les-Fontaines in the Carpentras arrondissement .

geography

Sault is located about 15 kilometers southeast of Mont Ventoux , the highest mountain in the Provencal Pre-Alps . The municipality is located in the Pays de Sault, 41 kilometers east of Carpentras and 28 kilometers north of Apt . The municipality is affected by the Nesque rivers and its tributary Croc . The village is located on a hill that reaches a height of 766 meters. Due to its location, it is the starting point for various natural attractions: In addition to Mont Ventoux, the Gorges de la Nesque , the Toulourenctal and the Plateau d'Albion are nearby .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
Residents 1,160 1,320 1,230 1,231 1,206 1,171 1,330

The community had more than 2500 inhabitants in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Attractions

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Sault on the Provence website
  2. Sault - Office de Tourisme ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saultenprovence.com
  3. a b Michel Albarède et al .: Vaucluse (=  Encyclopédies du Voyage ). Gallimard Loisirs, Paris 2007, ISBN 2-7424-1900-4 , p. 328 .