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25-528: Monteux is near Carpentras , in middle of Comtat Venaissin , and around 20 km from Avignon , in the countryside between Mont Ventoux , the Rhône and the Durance . Its inhabitants are called Montelais or Montiliens. The patron saint of the city is Saint Gens . Althen-des-Paluds , Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue , Carpentras , Sarrians , Pernes-les-Fontaines , Loriol-du-Comtat . The river Auzon crosses

50-566: A role in the 1789-1799 French Revolution , particularly during the rule of the French Directory . After the 'Anti-Royalist' September 4, 1797 Coup of 18 Fructidor , on October 22, 1797, counter-revolutionaries take the city's government and hold it in protest for 24 hours. Into the 20th and 21st centuries, Carpentras has been an important centre of French Judaism and is home to the oldest synagogue in France, which opened in 1367 and

75-587: A variety of Provençal since a part of the Gavot area (near Digne and Sisteron) belongs to historical Provence. When written in the Mistralian norm (" normo mistralenco "), definite articles are lou in the masculine singular, la in the feminine singular and li in the masculine and feminine plural ( lis before vowels). Nouns and adjectives usually drop the Latin masculine endings, but -e remains;

100-949: Is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France . As capital of the Comtat Venaissin , it was frequently the residence of the Avignon popes ; the Papal States retained possession of the Venaissin until the French Revolution . Nowadays, Carpentras is a commercial center for Comtat Venaissin and is famous for the black truffle markets held from winter to early spring. Carpentras briefly held France's all-time high-temperature record, during

125-524: Is a variety of Occitan , spoken by people in Provence and parts of Drôme and Gard . The term Provençal used to refer to the entire Occitan language, but more recently it has referred only to the variety of Occitan spoken in Provence. However, it can still be found being used to refer to Occitan as a whole, e.g. Merriam-Webster states that it can be used to refer to general Occitan, though this

150-722: Is composed of 33 members: the Mayor, 9 assistant, and 23 city council men. He meets 8 to 10 times per annum in the Room of the Council of Town hall and rule by deliberations all businesses of the commune. There exists also a Municipal council of Children, composed of 17 members, elected officials each year by the pupils of cycle 3 of the schools of the commune. Monteux belongs to the Community of communes Sorgues of Comtat , also made up of Althen-des-Paluds , and of Pernes-les-Fontaines . It

175-641: Is going out of use. Provençal is also the customary name given to the older version of the Occitan language used by the troubadours of medieval literature , when Old French or the langue d'oïl was limited to the northern areas of France. Thus, the ISO 639-3 code for Old Occitan is [pro]. In 2007, all the ISO 639-3 codes for Occitan dialects, including [prv] for Provençal, were retired and merged into [oci] Occitan. The old codes ([prv], [auv], [gsc], [lms], [lnc]) are no longer in active use, but still have

200-479: Is infrequent and snow rare. On the site of Bellegarde was exhumed a burial with incineration, remains of basalmaires, a terra cotta lamp, a plate and a glazed bowl of red ground. As of 1211, Guillaume III, bishop of Carpentras, which compromised with the Co-lords Isnard d' Entrevennes, Imbert and Raymond d' Agoult, obtained the exemption of straight of toll on their stronghold. This one depended then on

225-716: Is still active today . The Jewish cemetery was desecrated by members of the French and European Nationalist Party in May 1990, causing a public uproar and a demonstration in Paris that was attended by 200,000 people, including then-president François Mitterrand . Carpentras stands on the banks of the river Auzon , a tributary of the Sorgue . It is 23 km southwest of Mont Ventoux , and 23 km northeast of Avignon . Carpentras station has rail connections to Sorgues and Avignon. In

250-458: Is the berlingot , a small hard candy with thin white stripes, originally made from the syrup left over from conservation of fruits. Carpentras was the birthplace of (chronologically): Carpentras is twinned with: Proven%C3%A7al dialect Provençal ( / ˌ p r ɒ v ɒ̃ ˈ s ɑː l / , also UK : /- s æ l / , US : / ˌ p r oʊ -, - v ən -/ ; Occitan : provençau or prouvençau [pʀuvenˈsaw] )

275-483: The Köppen climate classification , Carpentras has a borderline humid subtropical ( Cfa ), and hot-summer mediterranean climate ( Csa ) with cool winters and hot summers. The rainiest seasons are spring (April–May) and autumn (September–October), where heavy downpours may happen. Carpentras is famous for the truffle market that takes place every Friday morning during the winter months. Its traditional confectionery

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300-686: The Porte d'Orange . For the history of the bishopric of Carpentras, see Ancient Diocese of Carpentras . At the beginning of the Avignon Papacy , Pope Clement V took up residence, along with the Roman Curia , in Carpentras in 1313. His successor, Pope John XXII , settled definitively at Avignon . Joseph-Dominique d'Inguimbert , Bishop of Carpentras from 1735 to 1754, established a great scholarly library which Jean-François Delmas ,

325-409: The heatwave of June 2019 . Carpentras was a commercial site used by Greek merchants in ancient times, and known to Romans at first as Carpentoracte Meminorum , mentioned by Pliny , then renamed Forum Neronis ("Forum of Nero"); the city retains an impressive Roman triumphal arch , that has been enclosed by the bishops' palace, rebuilt in 1640, now a law court, and a machicolated city gate ,

350-536: The Industrial Park of Beauchamp. The main entreprises are: Many sports associations: rugby, football, handball, moto-ball, tennis, running, ping-pong, pétanque, cycling. 3 stadium : Georges Henri, Bertier et St-Hilaire Carpentras Carpentras ( French pronunciation: [kaʁpɑ̃tʁa] , formerly [kaʁpɑ̃tʁas] ; Provençal Occitan : Carpentràs in classical norm or Carpentras in Mistralian norm; Latin : Carpentoracte )

375-457: The Latin masculine endings, but -e [e] remains; the feminine ending is -a [ɔ]. Nouns inflect for number, all adjectives ending in vowels ( -e or -a ) become -ei/-eis [ej/ejz = i/iz] in some syntactic positions, and most plural adjectives take -s . Pronunciation remains the same in both norms (Mistralian and classical), which are only two different ways to write the same language. The IETF language tags register oc-provenc-grmistr for

400-420: The Mistralian orthography and oc-provenc-grclass for the classical one. Modern Provençal literature was given impetus by Nobel laureate Frédéric Mistral and the association, Félibrige , which he founded with other writers, such as Théodore Aubanel . The beginning of the 20th century saw other authors like Joseph d'Arbaud , Batisto Bonnet and Valère Bernard . It has been enhanced and modernized since

425-596: The Western Occitan Alps, around Digne , Sisteron , Gap , Barcelonnette and the upper County of Nice , but also in a part of the Ardèche , is not exactly a subdialect of Provençal, but rather a closely related Occitan dialect, also known as Vivaro-Alpine . So is the dialect spoken in the upper valleys of Piedmont , Italy ( Val Maira , Val Varaita , Val Stura di Demonte , Entracque , Limone Piemonte , Vinadio , Sestriere ). Some people view Gavòt as

450-629: The chief librarian as of 2009, has called "the oldest of our municipal libraries"; known as the Bibliothèque Inguimbertine and now holding around 140,000 books, it is known to bibliophiles all over France and is scheduled to move into roomier quarters in the former Hôtel-Dieu in 2013. Until 1791, Carpentras was part of the Papal States, not of the Kingdom of France. Like most communities across France, Carpentras played

475-468: The commune to the north of the historical center. The commune, located in the zone of influence of the Mediterranean climate , has four seasons . Two are dry: a short winter and a very long summer ; two are rainy: autumn and spring . While the summers generally are hot and dry, due to subtropical anticyclone activity, there are stormy periods, sometimes violent. The winters are gently. Rain

500-454: The count de Toulouse. It was in 1240 that Raymond VII gave of it suzerainty to Barral of the Beams, his nephew by alliance, then qu' he was in paréage between eight lords. Irrigation of the plain of Comtat Venaissin by channel of Carpentras and the installation of the railroad, with the line Avignon/Carpentras made it possible Monteux to develop an intensive agricultural activity related to

525-493: The end of the 19th century, the installation of the railway line Avignon/Carpentras accelerated the agricultural vocation of the commune. From years 1960, use of the agricultural greenhouses made it possible to market two speculations: the strawberry of Carpentras and the melon of Cavaillon. Four zones of activities, covering 90 hectares, accommodate the companies: ZAC of Escampades I and II, the Artisanal Zone of Tapy and

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550-457: The feminine ending is -o (this is the opposite of the neighbouring Italian masculine gender). Nouns do not inflect for number, but all adjectives ending in vowels ( -e or -o ) become -i , and all plural adjectives take -s before vowels. When written in the classical norm (" nòrma classica "), definite articles are masculine lo [lu], feminine la [la], and plural lei/leis [lej/lejz = li/liz]. Nouns and adjectives usually drop

575-545: The meaning assigned to them when they were established in the Standard. Some groups have called for Provençal's recognition as a full language, distinct from Occitan. The Regional Council of Provence has variously labelled Provençal as a dialect of Occitan or as a distinct language, depending on different lobbies and political majorities. The main subdialects of Provençal are: Gavòt (in French Gavot ), spoken in

600-469: The truck farming and fruit-bearing arboriculture. An industrial development gross in the area too: Ruggieri bomb disposal expert (pyrotechnical) and Ducros-Vahine (food industry). The name of the commune is attested as of the 12th century in the form of ' ' of Montilis' ' (1188) like ' ' Montilium' ' or ' ' Monticulus' '. This C-W communication little will evolve/move since l' ' is found; ' Montels' ' in 1464 and ' ' Monteulx' ' in 1558. The Municipal council

625-515: Was created the 24. The community of common belongs to several mixed trade-unions: Monteux is twinned with Gladenbach in Germany , and Niemcza , in Poland . Each year, in second half of May are held medieval festivals on a different topic. They spread out over 36 hours and mobilize 150 artists. Towards the end August, a gigantic fire is drawn; artifice which attracts a considerable crowd. As of

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