Taillades

Taillades
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Apt
Canton	Cheval-Blanc
Community association	Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
Coordinates	43 ° 50 '  N , 5 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 50 '  N , 5 ° 5'  E
height	78-527 m
surface	6.86 km 2
Residents	1,909 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	278 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	84300
INSEE code	84131
Website	lestaillades.fr
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Taillades is a French commune with 1,909 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Cheval-Blanc in the Apt arrondissement .

geography

Taillades is about four kilometers east of Cavaillon and is adjacent to the municipalities of Robion , Cheval-Blanc and Cavaillon.

The municipality is located at the western end of the Luberon in the middle of the Luberon Regional Nature Park . The municipality falls from the Luberon Mountains in the southeast with a maximum height of 527  m to the valley of the Coulon River in the northwest at 78  m . The Canal de Carpentras runs across the municipality from south to northeast .

traffic

The D31 runs parallel to the Canal de Carpentras across the municipality. In the far north, Taillades is crossed by the D2. The nearest train station is four kilometers west in the center of Cavaillon.

history

The first traces of human settlement go back to the Neolithic . In the Sainte-Guimelle cave , tombs and pottery from this period were discovered.

The first written mention in 1253 tells of a small castle around which the place developed. The name of the place ( Provencal talhada , translated: “cut” , “split” ) indicates quarrying activities . In 1269, the Provence Count and King of Naples Charles I gave the castle and the surrounding estates as a fief to Imbert and Wilhelm von Sabran. In 1338 the feud went to Hugo von Marle, whose son George was Seneschal of Provence. In 1398 George von Marle defeated the troops of Vice Count Raimund von Turenne in Pertuis , who fled to the southern Luberon and devastated numerous lands there. As a result, the Benedictines of Saint-Jean Baptiste left the monastery of Taillades and hid in Cavaillon. In 1455 the Seneschal's son, Roland de Marle, sold his property to Gaucher de Forcalquier, Bishop of Gap . In 1619 the medieval fortress was replaced by a new castle that belonged to the owner of Taillades until the Revolution. The old town began to be depopulated in the mid-nineteenth century.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2017
Residents	525	695	1,211	1,501	1,642	1,792	1,888	1.927	1,909

Attractions

church

• Saint-Pierre Mill (1859)
• former quarries, natural theater
• Castle (17th century)
• Chapel of Sainte-Luce (listed)
• Saint-Gens Chapel
• Fortress tower

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 : Taillades  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The community on annuaire-mairie.fr
2. ^ History on official website , accessed October 27, 2011; no longer available since 2017.