Lamanon

Lamanon is a common French, located in the department of the Rhone delta and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure. It belongs to the community Agglopole Provence. Its inhabitants is called Lamanonais.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Lamanon shelters the “Giant of Provence”, this immense plane tree introduced towards XVIe century, whose origin is not known, but which however could be planted by Catherine de Médicis at the time of her arrival with Living room-of-Provence to meet Nostradamus there. This tree is to date in a private property, but does not cease seeing visitors pressing itself with his broad trunk to admire its size.

If you pass by Lamanon, throw a glance there, with certainty it will answer you by agitating its full branches.

In addition to this splendid Plane tree, Lamanon has a great site troglodyte, the Caves of Holds. Giving place to pedestrian races (Paths of Holds), this site does not cease seeing flowing the visitors. Composed of a broad circus with rudimentary habitats cut with art in the rock, as well as vault Denis Saint, just with the top of a source of water (Source St Denis).

Personalities related to the commune

Jean Honoré Robert of Paul de Lamanon, known as Robert de Lamanon, (1752 - 1787), member of the Expédition of Lapérouse (of the 1785 to the December 11th 1787) during which it loses the life.

See too

Common of the Rhone delta

External bonds

Official site of the Town hall of Holds
Lamanon on the site of the national geographical Institute
Lamanon on the site of INSEE
Localization of Lamanon on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Lamanon on Mapquest

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