Taillades
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Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Apt |
| Canton | Cavaillon |
| Mayor | Edmond Bouchet (2001–2008) |
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| Land area1 | 6.86 km2 (2.65 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,917 (2006) |
| - Density | 279 /km2 (720 /sq mi) |
| 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. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 43°50′13″N 5°05′29″E / 43.8369°N 5.0914°E
Taillades is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
It is 5km east of Cavaillon, and 40km 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.[1]
The village was awarded the 'two flowers' standard in the national competition for floral villages.
History [edit]
The village grew up as a community of stone workers based around 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.[2]
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