Savoillan
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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 | |
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 |
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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
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
- ↑ Geodata at geodesie.ign.fr. Institut géographique national , accessed on December 16, 2011 .
- ↑ 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.