Buisson

Buisson is a commune with 272 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Vaucluse and the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.

Geography

Buisson is located about eight kilometers northwest of Vaison -la -Romaine. The municipality is bounded on the north by the river Eygues, which also forms the border to the Drome region. Other surrounding communities adjacent to Vaison are Villedieu, Roaix, Rasteau and Saint- Roman-de - Malegarde in Vaucluse, and Saint- Maurice- sur- Eygues and Tulette in Drôme. Nearest large towns are Valréas in the north (twelve miles), Bollène in the west ( 20 km ) and Orange in the south west (22 miles away).

Traffic

The departmental road D20 coming crosses the area from Vaison -la -Romaine to the northwest and take the bridge over the Eygues on the D94. The D20 is in Buisson crossed by the D51, direction runs in a southwesterly direction Cairanne and northeast by Villedieu.

A few kilometers north-west is the small airfield Valréas - Visan.

History

Due to its favorable geographical position established in 1137 Templar from Roaix a Commandery, in which some soldiers monks lived. 1320 was the fief in papal possession and was in the 16th century, various landlords. During the Wars of Religion were Protestants from Nyons in the village and stole the church bell, which they brought back only a hundred years later.

The place name derives perhaps from the late Latin word Boscus from that referred to a forest or a grove. However, scholars of taking more of a designation by the local deity Buxenus at (Campus Buxenos ).

Population Development

Attractions

Despite the damage induced by the French Revolution destroyed, some ruins of the castle from the 13th century are still detectable.

The local archives, according to the built in pebbles Eygues city walls date back to 1590. Has only a single fortified gate, which is provided with a portcullis and wearing a reddish ocher papal coat of arms. One of the towers was built in the 18th century to allow the installation of a clock tower.

The parish church with its Romanesque origins occurs in a document from the year 1200 under the name Notre- Dame des Bois. It was restored several times and rebuilt and has a bell tower from the 12th century, as well as side chapels and an apse from the 17th century.

The 1874 reconstructed chapel of Notre Dame d' Argelier is still a place of pilgrimage. Outside the village there are two small abandoned chapels: the Chapelle des Penitents Blancs or Chapelle Saint Joseph and the 17th century, reaching back and restored in 1755 Chapelle Saint- Pierre.