Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes

Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes
Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes
Coordinates: 44°14′47″N 4°53′13″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Bollène
Intercommunality	Aygues Ouvèze en Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vincent Faure
Area 1	19.82 km2 (7.65 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,637
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84106 /84290
Elevation	83–138 m (272–453 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t sesil le viɲ]; Provençal: Santa Celha dei Vinhas) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Nearby cities are Orange and the smaller Bollène. It is also not far from the Mont Ventoux.

Maurice Trintignant, a motor racing driver and vintner, was born here on 30 October 1917.

The church of Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,735	—
1975	1,644	−0.77%
1982	1,818	+1.45%
1990	1,927	+0.73%
1999	2,100	+0.96%
2007	2,214	+0.66%
2012	2,369	+1.36%
2017	2,505	+1.12%
Source: INSEE

Twin towns

• Auzances, Limousin

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department
• Félix Charpentier Sculptor of Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes War Memorial