Rustrel

Rustrel is a common French, located in the department of Vaucluse and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure.

Geography

Rustrel is a village in the surroundings of Apt whose village is located at the foot of the Monts of Vaucluse. Its yellow-earth quarries to open sky, fully exploited formerly, made its richness and continuous by the means of tourism with those of the " Colorado Of Provence ". Its ground paths make it possible to discover eroded cliffs including/understanding more than 20 colors of ocher, the chimneys of fairy, etc they date from the Crétacé and are made up mainly of ochreous sands, white sands and ferruginous armours.).

On the heights of the Mounts of Vaucluse, one finds in the north of the grounds faient of limestones with facies Urgonien and of argillaceous limestones (grounds of the Jurassic superior and cretaceous) and in the south, of the grounds dating from the Eocene and Oligocène, primarily made up of limestones, marnes and sandstone.

The remainder of the commune is composed of some riverwashes, colluviums and fall of the Quaternaire, as well as succession of grounds (Jurassic superior, cretaceous, Paléocène) with limestones: argillaceous, with facies urgonien, sandy, lake, etc and Marnes (of which Marnes blue of Aptien).

Access

Hydrography

The Dôa is a water court crossing the commune on the level of the " Colorado provençal". It takes its source close to Gignac and will be thrown in the Calavon.

History

Occupied territory as of the Neolithic , then by the Roman .

Mentioned at the 12th century under the name of " Rograstrel " then, in 1274, " Ruastrello ".

Seigniory of the Simiane, Eyroux, then of the town of Apt which sold it in joint ownership.

Of 1570 with 1575, during the wars of religion, the village is occupied by the Protestants.

Industry of ocher.

Administration

Demography

Economy

Mining

A mine of ocher is always in industrial exploitation on the territory of the commune to the 21e century.

Tourism

Tourism is one of the main resources of the commune.

Camp-site, rooms of hosts, lodgings, etc

Agriculture

Production of wines in Coasts of Ventoux

Equipment or Services

Education

The village of Rustrel has an elementary school.

Sports

Club of parapentes
Course of forest adventures

Health

Local life

Post, bakery, grocer,…

Apt is the small town of the sector.

Worship

Christian (church)

Environment

Places and monuments

Principal tourist attraction lies in the Colorado of Provence, where the ground consists of Ocre S of various colors, in direction of Gignac. The exploitation and natural erosion worked the landscape to give him appearances pointing out that of the Colorado. The obvious resemblance to Roussillon, distant of about fifteen kilometers, must with common nature their grounds.

Mill with oil of the 18th century.

Laundrettes, fountains.

Castle of the 17th century sheltering the Town hall (in the center of the village).

Parish church Saint-Romain of the 16th century.

Personalities related to the commune

Anecdotes

The emission " It is not sorcier" there a report turned, explaining ocher and its exploitation (like with Gargas and Roussillon).

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