Le Barroux
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Commune of Le Barroux |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras |
| Canton | Malaucène |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 218 m–670 m (avg. 350 m) |
| Land area¹ | 16.04 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
569 |
| - Density | 35/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 84008/ 84330 |
| 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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Le Barroux is a commune of the Vaucluse département in southern France. It has a famous traditionalist Roman Catholic Benedictine Abbey named Sainte Madeleine, founded in 1978 by Dom Gérard Calvet (1927-2008).
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