Vaumeilh
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Commune of Vaumeilh |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Forcalquier |
| Canton | La Motte-du-Caire |
| Mayor | Georges Richaud (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 460 m–1 055 m (avg. 600 m) |
| Land area¹ | 25,52 km² |
| Population² (2004) |
266 |
| - Density | 10/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 04233/ 04200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Vaumeilh is a commune in the département of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
The inhabitants are called les Vaumeilhois.
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[edit] Geography
It is a small Provençal village with narrow, winding streets which backs on to a hill. The Durance flows 1 km away below a plateau on which grows wheat, apples, maize and sunflowers. There are also several flocks of sheep and goats.
[edit] History
The name comes from the Latin Vallis Mellis which is translated as valley of honey.
[edit] Administration
[edit] Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 |
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| 148 | 159 | 152 | 159 | 170 | 197 | 266 |
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[edit] Places and monuments
- The church was built in 1667. It has fine windows and marble sculpture
- The chapel Saint Marcellin below the village was built around 1770
- There is a monument to the three dead of the two world wars
- A tower remains from an ancient feudal manor that was destroyed during the French Revolution
- The airfield midway between Vaumeilh and Thèze is well-known for the sport of gliding and attracts many visitors each year
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Vaumeilh sur le site de l'Institut géographique national (in French)
- Vaumeilh sur le site de l'Insee (in French)
- Vaumeilh sur le site du Quid (in French)
- Localisation de Vaumeilh sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes (in French)
- Plan de Vaumeilh sur Mapquest (in French)
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