Valréas
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras | |
| Canton | Valréas (main town) | |
| Community association | Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 23 ′ N , 4 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 158-530 m | |
| surface | 57.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 9,422 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 163 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84600 | |
| INSEE code | 84138 | |
| Website | http://www.valreas.net | |
Valréas is a commune with 9422 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Vaucluse department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It is located in Provence near the Rhone valley . The place and the canton of the same name form an exclave of the Vaucluse department, enclosed by the area of the Drôme department . Valréas is the northernmost municipality in the Vaucluse department. It is located 37 km southeast of Montélimar and 14 km west of Nyons . The distance to the most famous mountain in Provence, Mont Ventoux , is around 40 km. The northern part of the city is touched by the Coronne River .
History and Buildings
Valréas looks back on over a thousand years of history. Pope John XXII. , the second Pope to reside in Avignon , bought the area around Valréas in 1317 and placed it under the authority of the Holy See. The area remained in papal ownership until the French Revolution . The Canton is therefore called "L'Enclave des Papes" (Papal Enclave) and forms an enclave in the Drôme area. Valréas is nicknamed Cité des États Pontificaux .
Worth seeing in the historic old town are the Château de Simiane (castle), the Romanesque church Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth and the Tour (tower) du Tivoli.
economy
Valréas is characterized by agriculture. In addition to viticulture , the typical Provence cultivation of lavender also plays an important role. The city is also known for its cardboard factory and calls itself “Capitale du Cartonnage” (capital of cardboard packaging ). Tourism is also an important industry.
The vineyards of the place are in the wine-growing area of the southern Rhône valley . The wines may be marketed under the designation of origin Côtes du Rhône and the qualitatively stricter Côtes du Rhône Villages .
Town twinning
- since 1986: Saint-Paul-de-Joliette , Québec , Canada
- since 1994: Sachsenheim , Germany
- since 2005: Montignoso , Italy
Personalities
- Bruno Chevillon (* 1959), jazz double bass player
- Joseph Daultanne (1759–1828), General
