Population : 1 763 habitants
Height : 365 mètres
A 8 km of Pertuis.
Nearby villages : 4,5 km of Cucuron and 5,5 km of Villelaure, 6 km of La Tour d’Aigues.

"It is the centuries and the people that modelled little by little the current face of Ansouis which appears to us henceforth in the spell of the Southern light, as a beautiful house of sailing dominating a happy valley the magnificence of which nothing ever succeeded in altering."
Classified flowery village

The Mecca of the Provençal nobility, belonging to the powerful House of Forcalquier, Ansouis entered 1178 in the heritage of the House of Sabran, not to go out of it any more, by the marriage of Raymond Premier de Sabran with Gersande, last countess of Forcalquier. Of this union was born three queen Européenne. In XIV ème century Elzéar de Sabran and his wife Delphine de Puymichel lived an exemplary life in the chastity and the devotion, canonized by the popular fervour, their worship is nowadays still celebrated: Ansouisiens comes to return favours to Saint Elzéar last Sunday of September in the park of the Castle.
It is at feet of its Medieval Castle transformed in the course of the centuries into house of sailing, that Ansouis spreads its houses in semicircle on the hillside of the mound protected from the Mistral, or calades and houses lead you up to the Castle. Galleries and craftsmen punctuate the course. During your visit, you will discover the other testimonies of past: ancient houses, vestiges of the ramparts of 1 encircled era, watchtowers, ancient strengthened door, fountains and picturesque alleys.

The Castle ->see the form Site and Ancient memorial, house of the family of Sabran-Pontevès. Originally classic fortress, transformations (XII th XIII th centuries) and of numerous additions (XVII th century) which the elegant south facade, will come to ease the rigor of the building. Copses, gardens and terraces which surround the castle of a green setting contribute to the charm of the site.
The Museum of the castle : Furniture, tapestries XVIIth century, gypseries.

The parochial Church St Martin (romane end XIII ème) : The ancient court of justice of the Castle builds on the bulwarks of protection of the medieval strong house. Statues and altarpieces of XVIII ème century. Busts-reliquaries of saint Elzéar and saint Delphine. Opened every day to the visit.

The Clock : Semicircular tower integrated into buildings of XVI th century and crowned with a forged iron bell tower.

The Extraordinary Museum This museum will surprise you by its warm welcome, its Provençal building, it offers monumental sculptures set up in front of the entrance, inside richly decorated (paintings, ceramic, stained glasses) and, the collections of fossils and shells, as well as the furniture.

The Museum of the Vineyard and the wine Over the years, the working tools of the Castle Turcan got modernized but ancient numerous instruments are faithfully preserved and presented in the vault of tasting. The museum groups together a surprising collection of tools of wine growers, coopers and vintagers, among whom some go back up to XVI ème century. You can admire in particular there one of the oldest presses of France.

L'Art Glacier : On a hill, away from the Village, in the direction of The Tower of Aigues, do not miss to make a tour in this tearoom for the unique and charming frame where will be proposed to you some home-made sherbets in multiple flavor house. ->see the form

Around Ansouis, some wooded hills break loose in this landscape of lowland in rich cultures and in nice vineyards. Pretty point of view on the village, the valley and the massif of Luberon since the rock of the Eagle.