Uchaux

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Uchaux

|native name = {{native name|oc|Uchau}}

|commune status = Commune

|image = Uchaux (3).JPG

|caption = Uchaux Town Hall

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Uchaux (Vaucluse).svg

|arrondissement = Carpentras

|canton = Bollène

|INSEE = 84135

|postal code = 84100

|demonym = Uchaliens

|mayor = Christine Lanthelme{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CC Aygues Ouvèze en Provence

|coordinates = {{coord|44.2106|4.8017|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 100

|elevation min m = 46

|elevation max m = 285

|area km2 = 18.48

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|website = {{URL|https://www.uchaux.fr|www.uchaux.fr}}

}}

Uchaux ({{IPA|fr|yʃo}}; {{langx|oc|Uchau}}) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/84135-uchaux Commune d'Uchaux (84135)], INSEE. It is located on the departmental border with Drôme, bordering Rochegude. In 2020, it had a population of 1,674.

Local landscapes include Provençal vineyards and forests.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.laprovence.com/article/balades/5422159/a-velo-a-travers-les-vignes-et-forets-du-massif-duchaux.html "À vélo, à travers les vignes et forêts du massif d'Uchaux"], www.laprovence.com, 22 March 2019.

Geography

Uchaux is 9 km (5.5 mi) southeast of the town of Bollène, seat of the larger canton of Bollène. It is 8 km (4.9 mi) north of the city of Orange.

On 1 January 2017, together with a number of neighbouring communes, it was transferred from the arrondissement of Avignon to the arrondissement of Carpentras.{{cite web|url=http://www.prefectures-regions.gouv.fr/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/content/download/28765/197538/file/recueil-r93-2016-119_21%20d%C3%A9cembre%202016.pdf|title=Arrêté préfectoral, 20 December 2016|pages=11–15|url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807193506/http://www.prefectures-regions.gouv.fr/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/content/download/28765/197538/file/recueil-r93-2016-119_21%20d%C3%A9cembre%202016.pdf | archive-date = 7 August 2017}}

Demographics

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-84135#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE.

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |382

|1975 |460

|1982 |630

|1990 |1322

|1999 |1465

|2007 |1360

|2012 |1429

|2017 |1649

}}

Sights

Uchaux is home to the historical 16th-century Château de Massillan, built by Henry II of France for Diane de Poitiers, which was re-opened as a private hotel in 2000.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.lesechos.fr/weekend/voyages/le-repaire-le-chateau-de-massillan-une-histoire-durable-1320707 "Le repaire : le Château de Massillan, une histoire durable"], www.lesechos.fr, 5 June 2021. To the southwest, the 13th-century hilltop Château du Castellas ruins have been a monument historique since 1994.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.uchaux.fr/patrimoine/ Patrimoine], Uchaux.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00082224 Château-fort dit Le Castelas et ancienne église Saint-Michel], www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

See also

References

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