Taillades

Taillades
Commune
The old quarry, which is now an open-air theatre
Coat of arms
Location of Taillades
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Coordinates: 43°50′13″N 5°05′29″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Apt
Canton	Cheval-Blanc
Intercommunality	CA Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicole Girard[1]
Area ^1	6.86 km^2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,998
• Density	290/km^2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84131 /84300
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taillades (French pronunciation: [tajad]; Occitan: Lei Talhadas) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

It is 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Cavaillon, and 40 km (25 mi) south east of Avignon.

Situated in the Luberon, the village covers 675 hectares of which 320 are mountainside. It has a population of about 1,900 inhabitants.[3]

The village was awarded the 'two flowers' standard in the national competition for floral villages.

History

The village developed as a community of stone workers employed at the quarries nearby. The entrance to the old village is marked by a medieval tower, a vestige of the original castle. The castle was rebuilt in the seventeenth century. In 1859, the village mill, Moulin Saint-Pierre, was built. Today it is used as a function room for the village.[4]

See also

• Côtes du Luberon AOC
• Communes of the Vaucluse department
• Luberon

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "Notre village". www.lestaillades.fr. Archived from the original on 2002-06-09.
4. "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2012-01-09.