Taillades

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

Coat of arms

Location of Taillades

(2020–2026) Nicole Girard^[1]Area

6.86 km² (2.65 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,957 • Density290/km² (740/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

84131 /84300

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taillades (French pronunciation: [tajad]; Occitan: Lei Talhadas) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

It is 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Cavaillon, and 40 km (25 mi) south east of Avignon.

Situated in the Luberon, the village covers 675 hectares of which 320 are mountainside. It has a population of about 1,900 inhabitants.^[3]

The village was awarded the 'two flowers' standard in the national competition for floral villages.

History

The village developed as a community of stone workers employed at the quarries nearby. The entrance to the old village is marked by a medieval tower, a vestige of the original castle. The castle was rebuilt in the seventeenth century. In 1859, the village mill, Moulin Saint-Pierre, was built. Today it is used as a function room for the village.^[4]

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.
^ "Notre village". www.lestaillades.fr. Archived from the original on 2002-06-09.
^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2012-01-09.