Le Thor

This article is about the commune near Avignon. For other uses, see Thor (disambiguation).

Le Thor (French pronunciation: [lə tɔʁ]; Occitan: Lo Tòr) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2021, it had a population of 8,858.

Le Thor Lo Tòr (Occitan)
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Le Thor
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Coordinates: 43°55′48″N 4°59′42″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Avignon
Canton	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Intercommunality	CC du Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Bayon de Noyer[1]
Area 1	35.53 km2 (13.72 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,887
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Demonym	Thorois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84132 /84250
Elevation	38–111 m (125–364 ft) (avg. 53 m or 174 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It has an attractive Romanesque church, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, an 11th-century castle in ruins, the Château de Thouzon,^[3] as well as an Urgonian Limestone cave, the Grottes de Thouzon (also known as the Grotte aux Fées), accessible for visits to the public.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,470	—
1975	4,003	+2.06%
1982	5,023	+3.30%
1990	5,941	+2.12%
1999	6,619	+1.21%
2007	7,722	+1.95%
2012	8,416	+1.74%
2017	9,071	+1.51%
Source: INSEE[5]

Notable residents

• Alexey Brodovitch (1898–1971), graphic designer of Russian descent.
• Pierre Salinger (1925–2004), a White House Press Secretary to US Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, lived in "La Bastide rose" until his death.

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department