Sluice (Vaucluse)

Pertuis (in Occitan Of Provence Pertús according to the traditional standard or Pertus according to the Standard mistralienne) is a common French, located in the department of Vaucluse and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure.

Geography

Between the Durance and Luberon, Pertuis is located in country of Acute, of which it is the capital. It is located at a score of kilometers in the North of Aix-en-Provence and entered since January 1st, 2001 the Community of the Country of Aix-en-Provence creating a community inter-department thus.

Access

The secondary road 973 cross-piece the commune on a East-West axis and passes by the city. North, arrives secondary road 119 and of the south, the 956.

Highway 51 at an exit on the common neighbor to the south (Meyrargues), to a few hundred meters of the limit of commune.

SNCF railway station towards Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles (line closed until 2008).

Relief

The unit is rather flat with light foothills and all the same the first reliefs of the Massif of Luberon in the North-West and a hill coming to die on the village since Bastidonne in the east.

Geology

Geologically, one finds mainly alluvial deposits (grounds of quaternary) in the zone around the bed of the Durance in the south and that of Eze. One finds marnes and limestones with sandy clays on the relief (Eocene - Oligocene) in the east of the borough. The remainder, around the borough and in the north of the secondary road 973, is primarily composed of molasses limestones, sands and marnes of Miocène with all the same, in the North-West, another relief with conglomerated of Pliocène and Miocène.

Hydrography

The Eze crosses the commune in the north-eastern/south-western direction and will be thrown in the Durance which passes to the south of the commune, in edge.

There exist many irrigation canals.

Climate

Toponymy

Sluice comes from Latin “pertus” and indicates one perforated, a passage.

History

Cité in 981: " Pertusum".

Priory of the abbey of Montmajour.

12th century, construction of a castle seigneurial.

1460, the King Rene makes gift of the city with Jeanne of Laval, his second wife.

1493, Attached to France, Pertuis receives from Charles VIII, King de France, Count de Provence and of Forcalquier the privilege of inalienability to the Crown and the flower of Lily on its blazon, privilege rare for a city.

In 1560, Pertuis resists the seat of Paulon de Mauvans, captain Protestant.

In 1590, Henri IV creates a rival Parliament of that of Aix, which does not recognize it for king, in Pertuis, where the members of Parliament go who are faithful for him.

1596, destruction of the castle.

16th at the 18th century, the country houses develop on and around the commune at the same time as the local economy. It is amongst other things the culture of the mulberry trees for the worms with silk.

1837, creation of a bridge on the Durance and 1880, of a way of railroad, then canals irrigation a little later… but it is the stopping of Greenhouse-Ponçon into 1952 which will finally make it possible to put an end to all its risings and to thus facilitate a more important use of the alluvial part of the grounds which border the Durance.

Heraldic

" Gold to a fasce of mouths, and a flower of lily of azure passing among the aforementioned fasce and inserted into icelle. "

" In consideration of good and old fidelity of these habitants" , Charles VIII, king de France, count de Provence and of Forcalquier, granted to them these armorial bearings by letter patent of October 1493.

Administration

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Demography

Economy

Economically, agriculture and tourism are the main activities of Sluice and its surroundings. A long time known like a capital of the Potato, this activity is now declining. The vine is very present with the production of a wine with Appellation of Controlled origin “Coasts of Luberon”. One finds also producers of honey, of goat's milk cheese, melons, or of cherries. Tourism, much more recent, more or less developed as that of Luberon at the same time and continuous to develop (Tourist office, hotels, camp-site, rooms of hosts, lodgings, etc).

Equipment or Services

Urban transport

Sluice profits from a Community network of bus by the Communauté of agglomeration of the Country of Aix, a train all the 30 min (sometimes every hour) between SNCF railway station of Sluice and the coach station of Aix-en-Provence, and an urban network of bus with 3 regular lines intra-Sluice.

Education

The city is located in the academy of Aix-Marseilles. It profits from the nursery schools (4 in all) " Aimee Meynard" , " of Parc" , " The Fleuri" Field; and " Roch" saint; , of the elementary schools (5 in all) " Albert Camus" , " Georges Brassens" , " Burliere" , " Henri Crevat" and " Pierre Augier" , of the College S " Marcel Pagnol" and " Marie Mauron" , and finally the College " Valley De Durance".

Sports

The pertuisiens can profit from the equipment and services from Multisports recreational center, complexes Verdun, of a bowling pitch, course of tennis, a skate park, Council school of the Sports, Community swimming pool, Gymnasia of Tourrier and Roch Saint.

The many sports associations, in majority gathered within the Sporting Club Pertuisien (CSP), use its equipment which makes it possible to practice sports such as: Aquagym, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Canoé, Hunting, Race on foot, Cycling, Ballet dancing, dance of competition, horsemanship, Climbing, Football, Gymnastic, Handball, Kayak, Walk, Moto-cross, Musculation, Swimming, fishing, Game of bowls, Sports shirt, Rugby, Tennis, Table tennis, Shooting, Shooting with the arc , Trampoline, Flight, Veil, Volley ball, Yoga, Water polo and Martial arts.

Health

Hospital and maternity, medico-social center,

For its seniors, the common one has the hearth 3rd age Emile Martin, hearth-housing " Houses of the soleil" , public old people's homes " Albrecht and private " Saint-Roch".

Local life

Worship

  • catholic Worship: Church Saint Nicolas's Day
  • protesting Worship: Temple street Marceau
  • Muslim cult: Room of prayers Good street

Environment

Animations

  • January: Living room Of the Antique dealers
  • April-May: Fair with the flowers, Celebrates book
  • June: Corso flowered
  • July: Fair with the Secondhand trade, Festival of the enclosure
  • August: Sluice in festival, Contest of balls, Festival of Big Band
  • September: Day of Associations
  • November: Marathon of Provence Luberon, Fair of All Saints' day, Dionysies Festival of theater Amateur

Culture

  • House of the culture and associations
  • Cinema
  • municipal Theater
  • Library
  • Intercommunity association of music

Places and monuments

  • Church Saint Nicolas's Day

  • Belfry of the 12th century become the tourist office
  • Fountains of 16th and 19th centuries
  • Saint-Jacob Turn of the 14th century

Personalities related to the commune

Twinnings

Sluice is twinned with:
  • , in Länder of the Hesse close to Frankfurt (20 810 hab.)
  • , with 30km of Padoue (16 623 hab.)
  • , with 60km of Valence (12 012 hab.)
  • , in the county of the Hampshire (16 584 hab.)

See too

Related articles

External bonds

  • Official site of the town hall of Sluice

  • Official site of the tourist office of Sluice
  • Site for Pertuisiens and Pertuisiennes
  • Sluice on the site of the National Geographical Institute
  • Sluice on the site of INSEE
  • Sluice on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Sluice on Google Maps

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