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Le Thor is a commune in France, situated in the Vaucluse department within the arrondissement of Avignon. It lies in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and shares borders with Caumont-sur-Durance, Cavaillon, Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. The commune has an area of 35.53 square kilometers and an elevation of 111 meters above sea level.
The population of Le Thor is 9,120, comprising 4,423 males and 4,648 females. It is associated with the canton of l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and uses the postal code 84250. The official name of the municipality is Le Thor.
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- Locality
- Le Thor
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,055
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Vaucluse
- Arrondissement
- Avignon
- Canton
- L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
- Intercommunality
- CC du Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Yves Bayon de Noyer
- Area
- 35.53 km (13.72 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 8,882
- Density
- 250.0/km (647.5/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Thorois
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 84132 /84250
- Elevation
- 38–111 m (125–364 ft) , (avg. 53 m or 174 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Thor
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Avignon
- Population
- 8882
- Area
- 35.53
- Elevation
- 52
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Velleron
- Official website
- www.ville-lethor.fr
- Image
- Le Thor 01x.JPG
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- Commons category
- Le Thor
- postal code
- 84250
- associated electoral district
- canton of l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
- male population
- 4423
- female population
- 4648
- P8168
- Sibylla Schwarz
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-90-33-91-84
- fax number
- +33-4-90-33-77-75
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Thor ( French pronunciation: [lə tɔʁ]; Occitan: Lo Tòr) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
It has an attractive Romanesque church, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, an 11th-century castle in ruins, the Château de Thouzon, as well as an Urgonian Limestone cave, the Grottes de Thouzon (also known as the Grotte aux Fées), accessible for visits to the public.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Thor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.