Villedieu | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Villedieu (Vaucluse).svg |
Arrondissement: | Carpentras |
Canton: | Vaison-la-Romaine |
Insee: | 84146 |
Postal Code: | 84110 |
Mayor: | Joël Bouffies[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 44.2844°N 5.0356°W |
Elevation M: | 280 |
Elevation Min M: | 176 |
Elevation Max M: | 443 |
Area Km2: | 11.38 |
Villedieu (in French pronounced as /vildjø/; Occitan (post 1500);: Viladieu) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
A local legend says that the penitents asked to Alice Colonieu to make a statue of the Virgin and to install on the back of a house in Villedieu. This set of Renaissance style, decorated with a king scallop is called the " Virgin of the Smile" and is still visible in Villedieu.[2]