INSEE/Postal code 84131 /84300 Local time Saturday 9:18 AM | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 6.86 km² Population 1,902 (2007) | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind SE at 27 km/h, 91% Humidity | ||
Taillades is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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Map of Taillades, 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.
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.