Les Baux-de-Provence

E349763
commune of France tourist destination village

Les Baux-de-Provence is a historic hilltop village in southern France renowned for its medieval fortress ruins and dramatic limestone setting in the Alpilles.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Les Baux-de-Provence canonical 19
Les Baux 2
Maison des Baux 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
village ⓘ
areaSquareKilometers 69.49 ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
contains Carrières de Lumières ⓘ
Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs ⓘ
Château des Baux ⓘ
Maison du Roy ⓘ
Place Saint-Vincent ⓘ
Place des Arcades ⓘ
Porte Eyguières ⓘ
Porte Mage ⓘ
Saint-Vincent church ⓘ
ruins of a medieval castle ⓘ
country France ⓘ
elevationMaxMeters 307 ⓘ
elevationMinMeters 0 ⓘ
etymology name derived from Provençal word "bau" meaning rocky spur or escarpment ⓘ
governedBy mayor ⓘ
hasAppellation Les Baux-de-Provence AOC ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance former stronghold of the Lords of Baux ⓘ
important medieval fortress in Provence ⓘ
hasPostalCode 13520 ⓘ
heritageStatus Plus Beaux Villages de France ⓘ
listed site of outstanding natural beauty ⓘ
historicalRegion Provence ⓘ
INSEECODE 13011 ⓘ
knownFor dramatic limestone cliffs ⓘ
hilltop setting ⓘ
medieval fortress ruins ⓘ
scenic views over the Alpilles ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Alpilles mountains ⓘ
surface form: Alpilles

Arrondissement of Arles ⓘ
Bouches-du-Rhône ⓘ
Canton of Salon-de-Provence-1 ⓘ
Alpilles mountains ⓘ
surface form: Massif des Alpilles

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
Southern France ⓘ
surface form: southern France
near Arles ⓘ
Avignon ⓘ
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence ⓘ
population approximately 400 ⓘ
populationNote population is very small compared to number of visitors ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity tourism ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Baux → notableSeat → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
House of Baux → namedAfter → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
House of Baux → heldTerritory → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Baux
House of Baux → alternativeName → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maison des Baux
Bouches-du-Rhône → contains → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Alpilles mountains → contains → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Alpilles Regional Natural Park → containsSettlement → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
William I of Baux → familySeat → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
William I of Baux → powerBase → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Château des Baux → locatedIn → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Château des Baux → commune → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Château des Baux → overlooks → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of Les Baux
Lord of Baux → locatedIn → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Lord of Baux → ruledOver → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Baux
Lord of Baux → titleHolderResidence → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Les Baux family → notableSeat → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Les Baux family → originatesFrom → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
lords of Les Baux → seatOfPower → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
subject surface form: Lords of Les Baux
lords of Les Baux → governedTerritory → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
subject surface form: Lords of Les Baux
lords of Les Baux → fortifiedTown → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
subject surface form: Lords of Les Baux
fortified town of Les Baux → locatedIn → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
fortified town of Les Baux → municipality → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ
Provence wine region → hasSubregion → Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ