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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