Faucon is a small village in the southeast of France. It is located in the north of the department of Vaucluse near Mont Ventoux at an altitude of 390 meters. Faucon falls under the arrondissement of Orange, has an area of 8.65 km², and has a population of 386 (2005). Wim Duisenberg had a villa here, where he died on July 31, 2005. Faucon was already mentioned in 1120, under the name Falco. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, it belonged to the fief of the dukes of Poitiers and Toulouse, until it became the property of Pope Gregory VI in 1274. In 1565, the inhabitants bought their village back from the Holy See. Since the establishment of the department of Vaucluse, Faucon has been part of France.
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