Lauris

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Lauris

Total population

3,896

Elevation128 m

Land area21.81 km²

Coordinates43.75°, 5.31°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Lauris is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

André Chorda

French footballer (1938-1998)

Philippe de Girard

French engineer and inventor (1775–1845)

Auguste de Forbin

French painter, director of the Louvre Museum (1777-1841)

Félicien-César David

French composer (1810–1876)

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Charles Boisselin

French and Provencal woodcarver and organbuilder from the second half of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century

J

Jack Regard

French musician (1943-1974)

J

Jean d'Ailhaud

J

Jules Fesquet

19th century French sculptor from Provence (1836–1890)

M

Marc-Antoine Bernard

French politician

S

Serge Davin

French actor

F

François-Régis Rovère

constitutional bishop

Stanislas Joseph François Xavier Rovère

French politician

T

Tiane Doan Na Champassak

artist

Antoine Pagi

French historian (1624-1699)

Adolphe Itasse

French sculptor (1829-1893)

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Adolphe Michel

French writer (1839-1891)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

• Puyvert
  1.7 mi away · pop. 819
• Saint-Estève-Janson
  5.9 mi away · pop. 372
• Villelaure
  6.5 mi away · pop. 3,337
• Pont Royal
  6.6 mi away
• Cazan
  6.6 mi away
• Sivergues
  7.2 mi away · pop. 47
• Ansouis
  7.6 mi away · pop. 1,061
• Ménerbes
  7.9 mi away · pop. 979
• Alleins
  8.1 mi away · pop. 2,764
• Sannes
  8.9 mi away · pop. 292
• Beaumettes
  9.5 mi away · pop. 303
• Oppède
  9.9 mi away · pop. 1,284

Browse all places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-10-19

Perennial Wall-rocket

Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Seen 2026-10-19

Rough Star-thistle

Centaurea aspera

Seen 2026-10-16

Firethorn

Pyracantha coccinea

Seen 2026-10-13

chicory

Cichorium intybus

Seen 2026-10-13

Winter Daffodil

Sternbergia lutea

Seen 2026-10-13

maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Seen 2026-10-12

Rhacocleis annulata

Rhacocleis annulata

Seen 2026-10-10

Puissant's Green-winged Grasshopper

Aiolopus puissanti

Seen 2026-10-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers