La Motte-d'Aigues


La Motte-d'Aigues is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Geography

La Motte-d'Aigues is situated in the southern part of the Parc naturel régional du Luberon between the crest of the Grand Luberon and the hills bordering the Eze river.

Etymology

Motte is a piece of detached land. Aigue describes something that terminates in a point or has been cut away.
NOTE: that explanation is incorrect. Motte means a mound; aigues is from the Occitan aigas, meaning waters, as seen in place names like Aigues-mortes and Aigues-vives in the neighbouring prefecture of Gard. Thus La Motte-d'Aigues means the Mound OF Waters, as evinced by its proximity to the Etang de la Bonde and the River Eze.