Pernes-les-Fontaines

Pernes- les -Fontaines is a commune with 10,496 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Vaucluse department in the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.

Geography

Pernes- les -Fontaines is located between the eleven kilometers away L' Isle- sur -la -Sorgue and Carpentras which six kilometers away. Other neighboring towns are La Roque- sur -Pernes, Saint- Didier, Venasque and Le Beaucet. The municipality belongs to the Communauté de communes du Comtat Les Sorgue.

Culture and sights

  • The Forty - fountain - way
  • Fortified gate
  • Ferrande Tower and its wall paintings from the 13th century
  • Notre Dame de Nazareth from the 11th century
  • Market Hall from the 17th century
  • Bell tower from the 11th century

Personalities

  • Louis Giraud, founder and first director of the Canal de Carpentras
  • Paul de Vivie, bike pioneer and editor of a cycling magazine
  • Esprit Antoine Blanchard, composer in the Baroque
  • Esprit Fléchier, Bishop, speaker and writer
  • Jean -Baptiste de Branca, Bishop of La Rochelle and Archbishop of Aix -en- Provence

Demography

Demographics

Age structure

26 percent of the population are 19 years old or younger. Seven percent of the population 75 years of age or older.

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