Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes

(2020–2026) Vincent Faure^[1]Area

19.82 km² (7.65 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,637 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

84106 /84290

Elevation83–138 m (272–453 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t sesil le viɲ]; Provençal: Santa Celha dei Vinhas) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Nearby cities are Orange and the smaller Bollène. It is also not far from the Mont Ventoux.

Maurice Trintignant, a motor racing driver and vintner, was born here on 30 October 1917.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,735	—
1975	1,644	−0.77%
1982	1,818	+1.45%
1990	1,927	+0.73%
1999	2,100	+0.96%
2007	2,214	+0.66%
2012	2,369	+1.36%
2017	2,505	+1.12%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Twin towns

Auzances, Limousin

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE