Mormoiron

Mormoiron
Mormoiron
Administration
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Mormoiron
Intercommunality	Terrasses du Ventoux
Mayor	Gérard Bagnol (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	179–450 m (587–1,480 ft) (avg. 281 m/922 ft)
Land area1	25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi)
Population2	1,828  (2006)
- Density	73 /km2 (190 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	84082/ 84570
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°04′07″N 5°11′02″E / 44.0686111111°N 5.18388888889°E / 44.0686111111; 5.18388888889

Mormoiron is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Geography and geology

Mormoiron is located 12 km East of Carpentras; also nearby are Mont Ventoux and Avignon. The soil is mainly composed of sand, ochre and gypsum.

The Village

Prehistory and antiquity

The commune's area was occupied prehistorically (approximately 100,000 BC), as is evidenced by the discovery of bifaces and ceramics. Evidence from the twenty-first century BC points to trade relations with Phocaea and ancient Marseille.

Roman colonization left behind altars to Mercury, coins from the Augustan and Trojan reigns, and various other artefacts.

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department

References

• INSEE