Althen des paluds,agricultural village ,Vaucluse ,Photos

Althen les Paluds (84210), Vaucluse,France 84

Population:2 685 habitants, altitude:32 m min: 27m-max: 38m

Located between Avignon-en (13 km east) and Carpentras-en (11 km west) on the D942,

The village of Althen les Paluds extends a fertile agricultural plain of 625 hectares irrigated by the Sorgue, there are orchards of fruit trees of Futures and Horticultural farms around Provencal mas dispercés in nature, 

In the 1830s, the prosperous village with madder, the plain, after being emptied of its marsh, was used for the cultivation of madder. Jean Althen culture began in 1763 in the Comtat, in 1839, there were fifty mills madder in Vaucluse, when there were only ten mills on the Sorgue in 1804. The Vaucluse, in some years, will generate up 'to almost 65% of madder globally (red dye)

Located a few kilometers from Avignon , to Carpentras and Mount Ventoux tourism and secondary residences that have developed since the last 20 years.

Hobbies: 
Fishing in sorgues, cycling tour,, starting point for many excursions in the Vaucluse

Accommodation: 
Restaurants, hotels, guesthouses,