Villelaure | |
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 Castle Forbin | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Villelaure  | |
  Villelaure  Villelaure | |
| Coordinates:43°42′41″N5°26′05″E / 43.7114°N 5.4347°E /43.7114; 5.4347 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Apt |
| Canton | Pertuis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Robert[1] |
Area 1 | 18.25 km2 (7.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,395 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 84147 /84530 |
| Elevation | 159–369 m (522–1,211 ft) (avg. 173 m or 568 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villelaure (French pronunciation:[vil(ə)loʁ];Occitan:Vilalaura) is acommune in theVauclusedepartment in theProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurregion in southeasternFrance.
The village takes its name from the Roman-era settlement ofVilla Laura which was at the same location or nearby. Since Roman times, a nucleus of inhabitants lived near the present village. However, like all the southern Luberon, Villelaure and its region were completely ruined in the second half of the 14th century by the ravages of theHundred Years War and theBlack Death.
Villelaure is one of about forty localities, on both sides of the Luberon, in which at least 1,400 families from the alpine valleys of Piedmont and approximately 6,000 people came from the alpine dioceses ofTurin andEmbrun between 1460 and 1560.
In 1512, Antoinette de la Terre, assisted by her husband Jean de Forbin, established Villelaure with 19 families from the neighboring villages and Piedmont.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,284 | — |
| 1975 | 1,275 | −0.10% |
| 1982 | 1,471 | +2.06% |
| 1990 | 2,135 | +4.77% |
| 1999 | 2,914 | +3.52% |
| 2007 | 3,093 | +0.75% |
| 2012 | 3,246 | +0.97% |
| 2017 | 3,477 | +1.38% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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