- Richerenches
French commune
nomcommune=Richerenches
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Vaucluse
arrondissement=Avignon
canton=Valréas
insee=84097
cp=84600
maire=André Charransol
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de l'Enclave des Papes
longitude=4.91305555556
latitude=44.3602777778
alt moy=150 m
alt mini=115 m
alt maxi=174 m
hectares=1,096
km²=10.96
sans=616
date-sans=1999
dens=56
date-dens=1999Richerenches is a commune of the
Vaucluse "département", in southernFrance .Truffles
The village is famous for its
truffle market as well as for its "messe aux truffes" in the church located in the village center. Donations are this time not given in money but in 'truffes'. After the service the traditionally dressed brotherhoods of the "rabassiers" (the people who search for truffles in the ground with trained dogs or pigs) take the donated truffles to a small square in front of the "Hôtel de Ville", where they are auctioned. The revenues are for the maintenance of the church and parochial expenses. The village is crowded at this event, that takes place every third Sunday of January.
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