Lambruisse

Overview

commune

Where to stay in Lambruisse

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What to see, what to do

Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

A 16th-century church (formerly Notre-Dame-de-Consolation). Closed by a dangerous-structure order (arrêté de péril) in the early 2010s, it was restored and reopened for worship on 21 February 2026. It preserves listed objects: a reliquary bust of Saint Clair (second half of the 18th century) and a processional cross of gilded bronze of the 17th century.

Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Consolation

A chapel west of the village.

Chapel of Saint-Damase

A rural chapel of the commune.

Defensive tower (ruins) and sundial

The remains of a former defensive tower; a sundial dated 1809 (damaged); a wrought-iron mission cross.

History of Lambruisse

The name, attested in the form Lambrusca around 1200, comes from the Occitan lambruisso, denoting the wild mountain vine. After the Roman conquest, the area came under the civitas Sanitensium (Senez). In the Middle Ages the village — mentioned around 1239 — belonged to the viguerie of Val-de-Barrême and was a dependency of a neighbouring parish, since vanished, carried off by the Great Plague. A patriotic society was set up during the Revolution (at the end of 1792); the Napoleonic land register was completed in 1837. In the 20th century, as many as five lavender distilleries operated in the commune. During the Second World War, massacres connected with the Resistance (FTP) are documented, in particular on 6 April 1944 at the Laval farm and on 17 July 1944. The economy remains rural, dominated by sheep farming and mixed cropping; tourism is still diffuse (walking, nature).