Le Barroux

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Commune of Le Barroux

Château du Barroux
Location
Longitude 05° 06' 01" E
Latitude 44° 08' 16" N
Administration
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Carpentras
Canton Malaucène
Statistics
Altitude 218 m–670 m
(avg. 350 m)
Land area¹ 16.04 km²
Population²
(1999)
569
 - Density (1999) 35/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 84008/ 84330
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Le Barroux is a commune of the Vaucluse département in southern France. It has a famous traditionalist Roman Catholic Benedictine Abbey named Sainte Madeleine.

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