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Sault is a commune in the Vaucluse department of France, situated within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It serves as the capital of the Canton of Sault and is part of the arrondissement of Carpentras. The municipality borders Aurel, Bédoin, Flassan, and Lioux. Its official postal code is 84390, and it is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Pernes-les-Fontaines.
The area of Sault is 111.15 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,394 residents and another citing 1,254. The male population is recorded as 686, while the female population is 695. Elevation data also differs, with one source indicating 1,591 meters above sea level and another stating 735 meters. Sault is twinned with Pignataro Maggiore.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sault
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,254
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Vaucluse
- Arrondissement
- Carpentras
- Canton
- Pernes-les-Fontaines
- Intercommunality
- Ventoux Sud
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Claude Labro
- Area
- 111.15 km (42.92 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,343
- Density
- 12.08/km (31.29/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Saltésiens
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 84123 /84390
- Elevation
- 650–1,591 m (2,133–5,220 ft) , (avg. 760 m or 2,490 ft)
- Website
- mairie-sault-84.fr
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Encyclopedic overview
Sault ( French pronunciation: [so]; Occitan: Saut), also known as Sault-en-Provence, is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur French region. It is located just north of the Luberon massif, not far from the departmental border with Drôme to the north and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence to the east. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 1,343.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sault” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.