What is "entremont"

Entremont may refer to:

• Entremont, Haute-Savoie, a municipality of the Haute-Savoie département in France
• Entremont (district), a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland and was a canton of the former Simplon département of the French Empire
• Entremont (oppidum), a Gaulish oppidum near Aix-en-Provence in southern Gaul, chief town of the Salyes

• Philippe Entremont (born 1934), French pianist and conductor

The district of Entremont is a district in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ).

Entremont is a 3.5 hectare archaeological site three kilometres from Aix-en-Provence at the extreme south of the Puyricard plateau. In antiquity, the oppidum at Entremont was the capital of the Celtic- Ligurian confederation. It was settled between 180 and 170 B.C., somewhat later than the inhabitation of other Gallic oppida, such as Saint-Blaise (7th to 2nd centuries B.C.). The site was abandoned when it was taken by the Romans in 123 B.C. and replaced by Aquae Sextiae (modern Aix-en-Provence), a new Roman city founded at the foot of the plateau. By 90 B.C., the former oppidum was completely uninhabited.

The site contains two distinct areas of settlement surrounded by ramparts. Archaeologist Fernand Benoit named the older area, on the summit, "Ville Haute", and the lower "Ville Basse". Subsequently it was recognised that the latter was an enlargement of the former, and they are now labelled "Habitat 1" and "Habitat 2", respectively.

Finds from the site are displayed at Musée Granet and include statues, bas-reliefs and impressive severed heads.