Puget

Puget is a commune with 683 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Vaucluse and the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.

Geography

Puget is located in the south of the department of Vaucluse, and is surrounded by the municipalities mérindol, Mallemort, Charleval, La Roque- d'Anthéron and Lauris. Nearest large towns are apt in the Northeast (17 km), Salon-de -Provence in the south west (19 km), Cavaillon in the north- west ( 20 km) and Pertuis in the east ( 20 km).

In the north of the parish, the mountains of the Luberon rises with the Luberon Regional Nature Park, to which the municipality belongs. In the south of the Durance, which also forms the border with the department of Bouches -du -Rhône flows.

Traffic

To the south of the community center, the D973 runs on an east-west axis. Running parallel to the railway line Cheval Blanc Pertuis, but this is no longer open for passenger traffic since 1971.

History

Oldest evidence of settlements date back to late Roman period. The first mention of which occurred in 1257. Raymond and Bérangère de Puyvert were the beginning of the fourteenth century, the first landlords. From this period are the Romanesque church dates. At the time of the Black Death in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the village is not mentioned anywhere. 1619, signed Louis de Merlon, Marquis of Bressieux and his mother Marguerite de Saint -Michel- Bressieux - Lauris a contract which provided for the clearing of land for a new settlement. End of the nineteenth century, the Protestant church was reconstructed. Geologists discovered containing iron oxide hematite. Maybe the coat of arms symbol showing a red crayon, which is made ​​of this mineral.

Demographics

Attractions

• Romanesque church of Notre- Dame-de- Puget, a listed building,
• Protestant Church
• Castle ruins (14th century)