Savoillan

Savoillan
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Vaison-la-Romaine
Community association	Vaison Ventoux
Coordinates	44 ° 11 '  N , 5 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 11 '  N , 5 ° 23'  E
height	494-1,389 m
surface	8.81 km 2
Residents	63 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	84390
INSEE code	84125
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Savoillan is a French municipality with 63 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

Savoillan is located in the northeast of the Vaucluse department on the border with the Drôme department . Surrounding communities are Aurel and Brantes in Vaucluse and Reilhanette in Drôme. The next major city is Carpentras, 30 km southwest .

Savoillan is on the north side of Mont Ventoux . The Toulourenc , which rises at an altitude of 1242 m north of the Montagne du Buc, flows through the municipality . The height of the municipality ranges from 494 meters in the valley of the Toulourenc to 1389 meters in the extreme south-west.

traffic

On the east-west axis, the D40 départementale route runs from Reilhanette towards Mollans-sur-Ouvèze . The D41 branches off north of the community center and heads towards Brantes and Buis-les-Baronnies .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008
Residents	19th	52	56	59	49	79	97	97

Attractions

Savoillan is a market town with cobbled streets and robust stone houses.

• Parish Church of Saint-Agricol
• Lavoir
• 16th century farmhouse
• Bridge over the Toulourenc
• Several oak, beech and pine forests

Town hall square with church, school and town hall

Lavoir

tourism

The 29 km long long-distance hiking trail GR 91C runs through the municipality and also leads through the municipalities of Brantes, Aurel and Sault.

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 : Savoillan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Savoillan on the Montbrun les Bains Tourist Office website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
2. ↑ Geodata at geodesie.ign.fr. Institut géographique national , accessed on December 16, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Les sentiers GR®, GRP®, PR® en PACA. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 4, 2012 ; Retrieved December 16, 2011 (French). 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.