Roussillon, Village in Vaucluse, France
The village stands on an ochre ridge between the Monts du Vaucluse and Petit Luberon, displaying red and yellow buildings across its hillside location.
From the late 18th century until 1930, the ochre quarries near Roussillon employed thousands of workers, establishing the area as a major pigment production center.
Samuel Beckett wrote his novel 'Watt' while hiding in Roussillon during World War II and referenced the village in his play 'Waiting for Godot'.
The commune maintains several marked trails through the former ochre quarries, allowing visitors to explore the geological formations and mining heritage.
The surrounding landscape contains 17 different shades of ochre deposits, creating a natural color palette that influenced local architecture and crafts.
Location: canton of Gordes
Location: Vaucluse
Location: arrondissement of Apt
Elevation above the sea: 241 m
Shares border with: Bonnieux, Gargas, Gordes, Goult, Joucas, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt
Phone: +33490056016
Email: accueil@roussillon-en-provence.fr
Website: http://roussillon-en-provence.fr
GPS coordinates: 43.90222,5.29278
Latest update: May 30, 2025 15:45
Between gentle mountains and stone villages, Luberon encompasses everything that Provence has to offer in its brightest form. Its roads wind through lavender fields, ochre cliffs, and blonde bastides clinging to hills. Here, each village tells a story from a different time, each alleyway preserves the shadow of a medieval past, and each landscape appears painted by hand. In Gordes or Roussillon, the houses play with the light; in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, the Sorgue springs from an emerald-green abyss; and in the valleys, abbeys and castles watch over the plains.
Château de Lacoste
7.9 km
Ocres de Roussillon
503 m
Pont Julien
4.6 km
Mines de Bruoux
4.3 km
Église de Saint-Pantaléon
6.7 km
Dolmen de l'Ubac
7.1 km
Moulin de Jérusalem
6 km
Église de Roussillon
79 m
Water area of the Base Recreation
6.9 km
Église Saint-Sébastien de Goult
5.8 km
Chapelle Saint Véran de Goult
7.6 km
Église Saint-Romain de Lioux
5 km
Scenic viewpoint
605 m
Scenic viewpoint
409 m
Église de Croagnes
4.7 km
Église de Lacoste
7.8 km
Église de Joucas
4.2 km
Église Saint Denis
5.3 km
Notre-Dame de Lumières
6.9 km
Musée du Verre et du Vitrail
6.9 km
Temple protestant
8.1 km
Commanderie de Joucas
4.2 km
Scenic viewpoint
210 m
Maison Lhote
7.4 km
Scenic viewpoint
130 m
Chapelle Notre Dame du Salut
6.2 km
Marché Roussillon
88 m
Beffroi de Saint-Michel de Roussillon
42 mReviews
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Beautiful village to visit on foot as well as its ochre trail. It is magnificent!
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