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Valréas
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Valréas (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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Valréas is a commune in France, situated within the Vaucluse department and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Valréas and is located in the arrondissement of Avignon or Carpentras. The town shares borders with Taulignan, Montbrison-sur-Lez, Rousset-les-Vignes, and Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes.
The administrative area covers 57.97 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 9,689 residents (4,462 male and 4,960 female) and another citing 10,211. Elevation data also differs, with recorded levels of 530 meters and 245 meters above sea level. Valréas is twinned with Sachsenheim and Montignoso.
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Place details
- Locality
- Valréas
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 10,211
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Valréas
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Valreas 2 by JM Rosier.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A view over the roofs, to the south of the village of Valréas
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Valréas (Vaucluse).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Carpentras
- French commune.canton
- Valréas
- French commune.INSEE
- 84138
- French commune.postal code
- 84600
- French commune.mayor
- Patrick Adrien
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 276
- French commune.elevation min m
- 158
- French commune.elevation max m
- 530
- French commune.area km2
- 57.97
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Valréas
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Carpentras
- Population
- 9224
- Area
- 57.97
- Elevation
- 280
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Visan
- Official website
- www.valreas.net
- Image
- Frankrijk juni 2005 032.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Montignoso
- Commons category
- Valréas
- postal code
- 84600
- associated electoral district
- canton of Valréas
- male population
- 4462
- female population
- 4960
- P8168
- Aloe striata
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-90-35-00-45
- fax number
- +33-4-90-36-02-47
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Population
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
Valréas (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
==History== The area around the town of Valréas is known as ''L'Enclave des Papes''. It is an enclave of Vaucluse, surrounded by the department of the Drôme. The foundation of the Enclave began in 1317 when Pope John XXII bought Valreas for the papacy of Avignon. The story goes that following a visit to Valreas, feeling unwell he was offered some wine from the area. Liking it he decided to purchase the town to ensure his wine supply. Over the next 150 years or so his successors added to the Enclave by the addition of the small towns of Visan, Richerenches and Grillon. The boundaries were defined by tall stone markers carrying the coat of arms of the popes. The present-day boundaries are still delimited by some of these stones, one of which is outside the entrance to the Valreas Tourist office. When the departments of France were created after the Revolution the people of the Enclave requested to remain as part of the department of Vaucluse (see Comtat Venaissin). Hence the "Enclave des Papes".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valréas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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