Fountain-of-Vaucluse (in Occitan Of Provence: Vauclusa/Fònt de Vauclusa according to the traditional standard or Vau-Cluso/Do It of Vau-Cluso according to the Norme mistralienne) is a common French, located in the department of Vaucluse and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure.
Heraldic
Weapons of the town of Fountain-of-Vaucluse:
“Of azure, with a Trout and a Shade of money, posed in fasce. ” (Malta-Brown, in illustrated France , volume V, 1884)
Geography
Fountain-of-Vaucluse is built around its resurgence, in a valley in cul-de-sac with the feet of the Monts of Vaucluse, between Saumane and Lagnes, with two steps of It Isle-on-the-Sorgue.
In direction of the west, one finds Saumane of Vaucluse with 4km and Isle on Sorgue (city of the corner) with approximately 7km. Towards the east, Lagnes with 3km and Cabrières of Avignon with 10km.
Transport
The secondary road 24 fact a loop around Sorgue and the cross-piece on the level it village to become the secondary road 25.
Only one another road allows the access to the village, much more sinuous, the " tourist road of Gordes " (secondary road 100a)
Relief and vegetation
Hills of the Mounts of Vaucluse with large cliff of limestone from 230 to 240 meters and sides in garigue. Luxuriant small valley.
Geology
The solid mass of the Mounts of Vaucluse is made of limestones of the era secondary, often permeable, which allows the infiltration of in-depth water and the appariton of underground rivers. More in-depth, the stones harder, nonpermeable, empèche the natural flow of these rivers and causes resurgences like this one then.
Hydrography
the Fountain of Vaucluse is the largest source of France called here fountain. This one gives rise to the Sorgue which runs out in direction of Saumane then the Isle-on-the-Sorgue. It is also classified fifth with the world rank with a water annual throughput of 630 million cubic meters, but this annual throughput is however not constant… Rather calm the summer, the exit of water becomes spectacular in period of raw (winter and spring with a flow which little to await the 90 cubic meters a second. This flow makes it possible to provide a sufficient flow so that Isle on Sorgue is always irrigated. The resurgence of Fountain of Vaucluse east makes of it the natural exit most important of a “tank” (galleries and cavities of the solid mass of the mounts of Vaucluse and solid mass of Barronies is + Ventoux Mount with the Mountain of Lure collect rainwater as well as the snow melt) which covers an entire surface of 1.100 square kilometers.
See also: the Fountain of Vaucluse
History
This village of 600 inhabitants was called formerly Vaucluse : the closed valley ( Vallis Clausa in Latin) and gave its name to the department.Several traces show a human occupation as of the Neolithic era.
Its source is the object of a major worship as of Antiquity.
Following the fantastic discoveries of two plungers spéléos of the SSFV, two archaeological building sites under the aegis of SRA PACA allow to go back to surface more than 1600 ancient currencies of Ier century before JC at the beginning of Ve after JC.
This water played a central role for the saving in this territory. By using its force, of the mills with paper made their appearance in XVe century. Floret of local industry, the paper mill ensured a long time the prosperity of the place before being exceeded by modernity and replaced locally with the profit of tourism and the craft industry.
The first explorations of the pit began in 1878, and the point low, is - 308 m starting from the surface of the cave, were reached only in 1985.
Administration
Demography
Economy
The tourist is the principal contributor of currency of the commune… by the means of the carparks, the restoration or hotel trade (hotels of various categories), lodgings, inn of youth, camp-sites and rooms of hosts, the trade of memories and provençaux products, of the centers of activities, etc
Several centers of canoé-kayak, trout fishing, a course in the trees, etc
Important craft industry: Spun confectionery, glass and crystal, art of wood, pottery, jewels, cutlery, leather, art of the stained glass, paper mill…
Practical life
The Fountain of Vaucluse on the spot has small shops in connection with the food of the tourist (bakeries, sandwicheries, glaciers, etc) and the craft industry (paper, glasses of art, etc).
The common one has its own postal service.
Pharmacy nearest is in Lagnes, but the proximity of Isle-on-the-Sorgue offer of many other trade, large surfaces specialized and supermarkets as well as the secondary places of education (colleges and college) to a few kilometers hardly.
The common one has a school which practices the 4,5 days week with Saturday morning.
Places and monuments
Principal curiosity is the source of the Sorgue to the foot of a cliff from 230 to 240 meters: its medium flow is the 22 m3/second, highest in France, and can reach 90 to 110 m3 a second after the cast iron of the Neige S. It was necessary to await 1985 so that partially the mystery of its origin is raised: indeed, the point low with -308 Mr. of depth is reached by a robot of the speleological Company of Fountain of Vaucluse. The source is the principal exit point of an underground basin of 1100 km ² recovering water of the Mont Ventoux, the Monts of Vaucluse and the Montagne of Lure.
One can also see on that common the Notre-Dame church and Saint Véran of Romance style of Provence (IIe century, but altered in XIIe century and following) of which the crypt abbrite the tomb of Saint Véran, a viaduct, several stoppings and bridges, vestiges of the castle of the Bishops of Cavaillon (XIII/XIVe century) perched on the heights, of old paper factories, a column set up in 1804 to celebrate the 500e birthday of the birth of Pétrarque, vestiges of a Roman channel built along left bank of Sorgue, of the bories… Several museums and related: “Museum-Library François Pétrarque”, “Museum of the call of Freedom” (history 1939-1945), “Historical Museum of Justice and the Punishments” (which one more familiarly calls " museum of the tortures"), “écomusée of let us santons”, “Underground World of Norbert Casteret” and “Vallis Clausa, tradition paper”.
Personalities related to the commune
Many a poêtes and writers visited and mentioned Fountain of Vaucluse. One can note inter alia: Pétrarque, Boccace, Chateaubriant, Frederic Mistral and Rene Tank.
Photographs
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