Classified as one of the "Most beautiful villages in France", Lourmarin is located at the entrance of the vale dug by the Aiguebrun stream which separates the small from the great Luberon mounts, only access between the North and the South sides of the mountain.

This pretty village is set up on two hills: the one is called "la Collette", where the castle was built, the other "la collinette", where the village is set.

A bit of history:

The village, which is already mentioned during the XI th century under the name of Luzmari, and in the XII th century under the name of Lucemarino grew around two Benedictine monasteries.
Both the plague and the homeless looters that attacked the village during the XIV th century, led to its abandon. In the XV th century, Fouquet d'Agoult, the local lord brought in some Vaudois families so that they would cultivate the grounds and repopulate this forsaken area.

The community rapidly grew and became one of the most important in the region, thus albeit the neighbouring landlords' opposition and the religious wars. The village became prosperous thanks to the agriculture and silk worm farming.

At the beginning of the XX th century, Laurent Vibert restored the castle which was but a ruin. He created a foundation to promote young artists and writers.

And so, to this day Lourmarin welcomes many cultural shows and exhibitions.
Jean Grenier, a reknown philosopher introduced his home village to Albert Camus who purchased a house. He is buried in the village cemetery.

Lourmarin is also home town to Philippe de Girard who invented a flax-spinning machine in the years 1910. He never received the one million prize that had been promised under the Napoleonian Empire for such a discovery. Ruined, he settled in Poland where he set up some spinning factories in the town of ZyrardÓw.
The writer Henri Bosco also origninated from Lourmarin. His novels are inspired by the Luberon area (in English: Revelation of the Luberon, The Farm Théotime, Culotte the donkey; and maybe not translated: The Trestoulas and The Sivergues inhabitant).