Monteux
Encyclopedia
Monteux is a commune
in the Vaucluse
department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
region
in southeastern France
.
, in middle of Comtat Venaissin
, and around 20 km from Avignon
, in the countryside between Mont Ventoux
, the Rhône
and the Durance
.
Its inhabitants are called Montelais or Montiliens.
The patron saint of the city is Saint Gens
.
, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue
, Carpentras
, Sarrians
, Pernes-les-Fontaines
, Loriol-du-Comtat
.
, has four seasons. Two are dry: a short winter
and a very long summer
; two are rainy: autumn
and spring
. While the summers generally are hot and dry, due to subtropical anticyclone
activity, there are stormy periods, sometimes violent. The winters are gently. Rain is infrequent and snow rare.
.
As of 1211, Guillaume III, bishop of Carpentras, which compromised with the Co-lords Isnard d' Entrevennes, Imbert and Raymond d' Agoult, obtained the exemption of straight of toll on their stronghold. This one depended then on the count de Toulouse. It was in 1240 that Raymond VII
gave of it suzerainty to Barral of the Beams, his nephew by alliance, then qu' he was in paréage between eight lords.
Irrigation of the plain of Comtat Venaissin
by channel of Carpentras and the installation of the railroad, with the line Avignon/Carpentras made it possible Monteux to develop an intensive agricultural activity related to the truck farming and fruit-bearing arboriculture. An industrial development gross in the area too: Ruggieri bomb disposal expert (pyrotechnical) and Ducros-Vahine (food industry).
There exists also a Municipal council of Children, composed of 17 members, elected officials each year by the pupils of cycle 3 of the schools of the commune.
, and of Pernes-les-Fontaines
.
It was created the 24. The community of common belongs to several mixed trade-unions:
in Germany
, and Niemcza
, in Poland
.
The main entreprises are:
3 stadium : Georges Henri, Bertier et St-Hilaire
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Vaucluse
Vaucluse
The Vaucluse is a department in the southeast of France, named after the famous spring, the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.- History :Vaucluse was created on 12 August 1793 out of parts of the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, and Basses-Alpes...
department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 27 regions of France.It is made up of:* the former French province of Provence* the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in southeastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
Monteux is near CarpentrasCarpentras
Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It stands on the banks of the Auzon...
, in middle of Comtat Venaissin
Comtat Venaissin
The Comtat Venaissin, often called the Comtat for short , is the former name of the region around the city of Avignon in what is now the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It comprised roughly the area between the Rhône, the Durance and Mont Ventoux, with a small exclave located to the...
, and around 20 km from Avignon
Avignon
Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...
, in the countryside between Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some 20 km northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the Drôme département. It is the largest mountain in the region and has been nicknamed the "Giant of Provence", or "The Bald...
, the Rhône
Rhône
Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
and the Durance
Durance
The Durance is a major river in south-eastern France.Its source is in the south-western Alps, in Montgenèvre ski resort near Briançon and it flows south-west through the following départements and cities:* Hautes-Alpes: Briançon, Embrun.* Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: Sisteron, Manosque.* Vaucluse:...
.
Its inhabitants are called Montelais or Montiliens.
The patron saint of the city is Saint Gens
Saint Gens
Saint Gens , also named Saint Gens du Beaucet, was a hermit.-Biography:He was born in Monteux, near Carpentras, in today's southern France at the beginning of the 12th century...
.
Nearby towns
Althen-des-PaludsAlthen-des-Paluds
Althen-des-Paluds is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.The commune is crossed by the river Sorgue.-Climate:...
, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
, Carpentras
Carpentras
Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It stands on the banks of the Auzon...
, Sarrians
Sarrians
Sarrians is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
, Pernes-les-Fontaines
Pernes-les-Fontaines
Pernes-les-Fontaines is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
, Loriol-du-Comtat
Loriol-du-Comtat
Loriol-du-Comtat is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
.
Climate
The commune, located in the zone of influence of the Mediterranean climateMediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate is the climate typical of most of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin, and is a particular variety of subtropical climate...
, has four seasons. Two are dry: a short winter
Winter
Winter is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice.-Meteorology:...
and a very long summer
Summer
Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...
; two are rainy: autumn
Autumn
Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter usually in September or March when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier....
and spring
Spring (season)
Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and broadly to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. The specific definition of the exact timing of "spring" varies according to local climate, cultures and...
. While the summers generally are hot and dry, due to subtropical anticyclone
Anticyclone
An anticyclone is a weather phenomenon defined by the United States' National Weather Service's glossary as "[a] large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere"...
activity, there are stormy periods, sometimes violent. The winters are gently. Rain is infrequent and snow rare.
.
| Janv | Fév | Mars | Avr | Mai | Juin | Juil | Août | Sept | Oct | Nov | Déc | Année | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Températures maximales moyennes (°C) | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 19,75 | ||||||||||||||
| Températures minimales moyennes (°C) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9,6 | ||||||||||||||
| Températures moyennes (°C) | 6 | 7,5 | 11 | 13 | 17,5 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 19,5 | 15,5 | 8,5 | 7,5 | 14,7 | ||||||||||||||
| Moyennes mensuelles de précipitations (mm) | 36,5 | 23,3 | 24,9 | 47,5 | 45,6 | 25,4 | 20,9 | 29,1 | 65,8 | 59,6 | 52,8 | 34,0 | 465,4 | Source : Données climatologiques de Carpentras 2000-2007 | |||||||||||||
Antiquity
On the site of Bellegarde was exhumed a burial with incineration, remains of basalmaires, a terra cotta lamp, a plate and a glazed bowl of red ground.Middle Ages
Raymond VII of Toulouse
Raymond VII of Saint-Gilles was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence from 1222 until his death. He was the son of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Joan of England...
gave of it suzerainty to Barral of the Beams, his nephew by alliance, then qu' he was in paréage between eight lords.
Today
Comtat Venaissin
The Comtat Venaissin, often called the Comtat for short , is the former name of the region around the city of Avignon in what is now the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It comprised roughly the area between the Rhône, the Durance and Mont Ventoux, with a small exclave located to the...
by channel of Carpentras and the installation of the railroad, with the line Avignon/Carpentras made it possible Monteux to develop an intensive agricultural activity related to the truck farming and fruit-bearing arboriculture. An industrial development gross in the area too: Ruggieri bomb disposal expert (pyrotechnical) and Ducros-Vahine (food industry).
Toponymy
The name of the commune is attested as of the 12th century in the form of ' ' of Montilis' ' (1188) like ' ' Montilium' ' or ' ' Monticulus' '. This C-W communication little will evolve/move since l' ' is found; ' Montels' ' in 1464 and ' ' Monteulx' ' in 1558.Administration
The Municipal council is composed of 33 members: the Mayor, 9 assistant, and 23 city council men. He meets 8 to 10 times per annum in the Room of the Council of Town hall and rule by deliberations all businesses of the commune.There exists also a Municipal council of Children, composed of 17 members, elected officials each year by the pupils of cycle 3 of the schools of the commune.
Intercommunality
Monteux belongs to the Community of communes Sorgues of Comtat, also made up of Althen-des-PaludsAlthen-des-Paluds
Althen-des-Paluds is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.The commune is crossed by the river Sorgue.-Climate:...
, and of Pernes-les-Fontaines
Pernes-les-Fontaines
Pernes-les-Fontaines is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
.
It was created the 24. The community of common belongs to several mixed trade-unions:
- Syndicat mixte ITER Vaucluse
- Syndicat mixte intercommunautaire pour l'étude, la construction et l'exploitation d'unités de traitement des ordures ménagères de la région de cavaillon (sieceutom)
- Syndicat mixte pour la création et le suivi du schéma de cohérence territoriale (SCOT) du sud Luberon
Twin towns
Monteux is twinned with GladenbachGladenbach
-Location:The town of Gladenbach lies on the eastern edge of the Westerwald in the Hessian Highland . This part of the Lahn-Dill Highland is often also called the Gladenbach Uplands...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and Niemcza
Niemcza
Niemcza is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Niemcza....
, in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
.
Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5237 | 5867 | 6471 | 7524 | 8157 | 9564 | 10,884 |
| Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Tourism
Each year, in second half of May are held medieval festivals on a different topic. They spread out over 36 hours and mobilize 150 artists. Towards the end August, a gigantic fire is drawn; artifice which attracts a considerable crowd.Agriculture
As of the end of the 19th century, the installation of the railway line Avignon/Carpentras accelerated the agricultural vocation of the commune. From years 1960, use of the agricultural greenhouses made it possible to market two speculations: the strawberry of Carpentras and the melon of Cavaillon.Industry
Four zones of activities, covering 90 hectatres accommodate the companies: ZAC of Escampades I and II, the Artisanal Zone of Tapy and the Industrial Park of Beauchamp.The main entreprises are:
- Ducros-Vahiné, La Tisanière, industrie alimentaire.
- Louis Martin, conserveries.
- Conserveries Charles Faraud,
- SIMC materiaux (Societée Industrielle de Materiaux de Construction),
- Transports Lurit,
- Ruggieri.
Monuments
- Tower Clémentine
- Old walls of the city
- Church Notre Dame de Nazareth
- Chapel Notre Dame des Grâces
- Chapel des Pénitents Noirs
- Town hall - this building was a hospital before, Hôpital St Pierre.
Sports
Many sports associations: rugby, football, handball, moto-ball, tennis, running, ping-pong, pétanque, cycling.3 stadium : Georges Henri, Bertier et St-Hilaire
Personalities
- Nicolas Saboly (1614–1675)
- Félicien TreweyFélicien TreweyFélicien Trewey, born Félicien-François Trevey , was a French magician, mime, comedian, vaudevillian, tightrope walker, balance artist, dancer, musician, chapeaugraphist and shadowgraphist. The principal of Trewey's entertainment was balancing tricks, which at the time he was a grand master. He was...
- Benoit Benoni-AuranBenoit Benoni-AuranBenoît Benoni-Auran was a Provençal master painter.-Works:A number of his works are displayed in the Town Hall of Monteux....
- André Chiron