La Motte-d'Aigues | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr La Motte-d'Aigues (Vaucluse).svg |
Arrondissement: | Apt |
Canton: | Pertuis |
Insee: | 84084 |
Postal Code: | 84240 |
Mayor: | Alain Gouirand[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 43.7742°N 5.5217°W |
Elevation M: | 385 |
Elevation Min M: | 295 |
Elevation Max M: | 1060 |
Area Km2: | 14.63 |
La Motte-d'Aigues (pronounced as /fr/; oc|La Mota d'Aigas) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
La Motte-d'Aigues is situated in the southern part of the Parc naturel régional du Luberon between the crest of the Grand Luberon and the hills bordering the Eze river.
Motte is a piece of detached land. Aigue describes something that terminates in a point or has been cut away.NOTE: that explanation is incorrect. Motte means a mound; aigues is from the Occitan aigas, meaning waters (derived from Latin aquae), as seen in place names like Aigues-mortes and Aigues-vives in the neighbouring prefecture of Gard. Thus La Motte-d'Aigues means the Mound OF Waters, as evinced by its proximity to the Etang (lake) de la Bonde and the River Eze.