Vaucluse

Vaucluse (; or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 572,056 as of 2023. The department's prefecture is Avignon.

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Vaucluse is a department, or administrative region, located in southeastern France as part of the larger Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. With a population of about 572,000 people and its main city being Avignon, it serves as one of the established territorial divisions of France.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Vaucluse
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department
Settlement.image_caption: From top down, left to right: prefecture building and in Avignon, Gordes (considered one of the most beautiful villages of France), Sénanque Abbey, Sorgue River and Nesque River
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_the_Department_of_Vaucluse.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département Vaucluse.svg
Settlement.image_map: Vaucluse-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Vaucluse in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Avignon
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: AptCarpentras
Settlement.leader_party: LR

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Principal towns
Demographics
Politics
Departmental Council
Members of the National Assembly
2022 legislative election
2017 legislative election
Transport
Air
Tourism
See also
References
External links

Vaucluse (; or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 572,056 as of 2023. The department's prefecture is Avignon.

It is named after a spring, the Fontaine de Vaucluse, one of the largest karst springs in the world. The name Vaucluse itself derives from the Latin ("closed valley") as the valley ends in a cliff face from which the spring emanates.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vaucluse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.