Orgon
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{{short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Orgon
|commune status = Commune
|image = Orgon vue générale (église et château).jpg
|caption = Church of the Assumption and castle of the Duke of Guise
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Orgon (13).svg
|arrondissement = Arles
|canton = Salon-de-Provence-1
|INSEE = 13067
|postal code = 13660
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Terre de Provence
|coordinates = {{coord|43.7914|5.0389|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m =
|elevation min m = 62
|elevation max m = 298
|area km2 = 34.78
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Orgon ({{IPA|fr|ɔʁɡɔ̃}}; ancient: Urgonum, or Castrum de Urgone) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is located on the departmental border with Vaucluse, which follows the river Durance.
Geography
Neighbouring villages and small towns include Les Baux-de-Provence, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Cavaillon. Orgon is one of the twelve communes of the Alpilles area, a small mountain chain made famous through the paintings of Vincent van Gogh and novels of the French author Alphonse Daudet. The river Durance runs through it.
Demographics
In 1923 the commune of Plan-d'Orgon was created from part of Orgon.
{{Historical populations
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|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|25705|Orgon}} and INSEE (1968–2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-13067#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |1900
|1800 |1829
|1806 |2100
|1821 |2036
|1831 |2584
|1836 |2641
|1841 |2748
|1846 |2932
|1851 |3089
|1856 |3060
|1861 |3174
|1866 |2984
|1872 |3160
|1876 |2789
|1881 |2816
|1886 |2818
|1891 |2637
|1896 |2616
|1901 |2624
|1906 |2610
|1911 |2703
|1921 |2439
|1926 |1315
|1931 |1421
|1936 |1461
|1946 |1383
|1954 |1512
|1962 |1874
|1968 |2049
|1975 |2285
|1982 |2339
|1990 |2453
|1999 |2642
|2009 |3055
|2014 |3109
|2020 |2752
}}
Sights
The village of Orgon harbours a 19th-century monastery overlooking the Durance valley (Notre Dame du Beauregard) and the ruins of a Templar castle.
History
In history, Orgon is known through the attempted lynching of Napoleon Bonaparte on his way to Saint Helena passing through the village. Orgon was also the birthplace of the French poet Antoine Pomme (1620) and the painter Louis Espérandieu (1787-1857).
Ecology
Having given its name to a specific type of limestone found only in this area, the recent plans of extension of the mining activities of the company OMYA in Orgon have led to protest actions by French intellectuals throughout the country, worried about the risks to the preservation of the natural and historic specificities of Alpilles hills. The dispute regarding the extension plans of the multi-national mining company OMYA have to an extent come to an end through the announced nomination of the territory as a protected Regional Parc as of January 1, 2007.
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Orgon}}
- [http://office-tourisme.orgon.fr/ Tourism office website] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône
Category:Bouches-du-Rhône communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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