shooting those who were late or that were not cooperating, and started to shoot from the rock on the other side with a canon and destroyed a dozen houses. On the other side of the village, the rest of the troops set fire to a chariot, pieces of wood and houses, blocking potential followers. More than twenty houses were destroyed. After the Liberation the resistance destroyed another part of the village, including the notarial house with all the archives. All this destruction brought the municipality the sad privilege to appear amongst three "stricken cities" of the Vaucluse department. By war's end, thirteen persons had been killed or executed in Gordes, twenty inhabitants had been shot by the enemy and five inhabitants were deported. After World War II After a period of reconstruction, the village started to attract artists including Marc Chagall and , who discovered the village in 1947, and who attracted their artist friends including Serge Poliakoff, Victor Vasarely and . Armory The primary ones are reported in 1696 in the Armorial Général de France and coming from the Gordes-Simiane family. Other historical language names in classical norm of provencal, in Mistralian norm Administration The commune of Gordes has numerous infrastructures of public utility like the "gendarmerie", the fire brigade, the post office, a tax office, a library, etc. Sister cities Annet-sur-Marne, France, since 1985. Fiscality Demographics Land use Architecture Sights Located in the middle of the village, the castle, which was partially rebuilt in Renaissance style in 1525, is a major tourist attraction. In the immediate vicinity of Gordes is the Romanesque Sénanque Abbey (Cistercian) and the Village des Bories, a village of dry stone huts that is now a museum. Building regulations All new buildings in Gordes are made of stone with terracotta roof tiles. No fences are allowed, only stone walls. All electrical and telephone cables are underground, except in some pre-existing installations on the borders of the commune. Some streets inside the village are paved with stone and are called calades. The hamlets There are several ancient hamlets around the village, whose names are mostly based on the names of the local families (Gros, Imbert, Martin, Cortasse) or from the activities performed there (les bouillons, les bouilladoires). The largest hamlet is les Imberts, in the valley 5km to the southwest. Les Imberts church was built between 1785 and 1792; other buildings also have 18th century