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Orgon
Sign in to saveOrgon (; ancient: Urgonum, or Castrum de Urgone) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is located on the departmental border with Vaucluse, which follows the river Durance.
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Orgon is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Arles and the Canton of Salon-de-Provence-1. It serves as the capital of the canton of Orgon. The municipality borders Eygalières, Eyguières, Plan-d'Orgon, and Sénas, and is located near the Durance river. Its official name is Orgon, and the residents are known as Orgonais.
The commune covers an area of 34.78 square kilometers and has an elevation of 298 meters above sea level. According to available data, the population is 3,126, comprising 1,507 males and 1,456 females. The postal code for the area is 13660.
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- Locality
- Orgon
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,973
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Orgon
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Orgon vue générale (église et château).jpg
- French commune.caption
- Church of the Assumption and castle of the Duke of Guise
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason de la ville de Orgon (13).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Arles
- French commune.canton
- Salon-de-Provence-1
- French commune.INSEE
- 13067
- French commune.postal code
- 13667
- French commune.mayor
- Serge Portal
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Terre de Provence
- French commune.elevation min m
- 62
- French commune.elevation max m
- 298
- French commune.area km2
- 34.78
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Orgon (; ancient: Urgonum, or Castrum de Urgone) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is located on the departmental border with Vaucluse, which follows the river Durance.
==Geography== Neighbouring villages and small towns include Les Baux-de-Provence, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Cavaillon. Orgon is one of the twelve communes of the Alpilles area, a small mountain chain made famous through the paintings of Vincent van Gogh and novels of the French author Alphonse Daudet. The river Durance runs through it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orgon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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