Avignon

Avignon
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Avignon Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Avignon
Coordinates: 43°57′00″N 4°49′01″E / 43.95°N 4.817°E / 43.95; 4.817Coordinates: 43°57′00″N 4°49′01″E / 43.95°N 4.817°E / 43.95; 4.817
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Depairtment	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Avignon
Intercommunality	Grand Avignon
Govrenment
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Josée Roig (UMP)
Area 1	64.78 km2 (25.01 sq mi)
Population  (2006)2	94,787
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET (GMT +1))
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84007 /84000
Elevation	10–122 m (33–400 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Avignon (French pronunciation: ​[aviˈɲɔ̃]; Occitan: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm) is a French commune in sootheastren Fraunce in the depairtment o the Vaucluse bordered bi the left bank o the Rhône river. O the 94,787 inhabitants o the ceety on 1 Januar 2010, 12,000 live in the auncient toun centre surroondit bi its medieval ramparts.

Aften referred tae as the "Ceety o Papes" acause o the presence o papes an antipapes frae 1309 tae 1423 durin the Catholic schism, it is currently the lairgest ceety an caipital o the département o Vaucluse. This is ane o the few French ceeties tae hae preservit its ramparts, its historic centre, the palace o the popes, Rocher des Doms, an the brig o Avignon. It wis classifeed a Warld Heritage Steid bi UNESCO unner the criteria I, II an IV.

As a showcase o airts an cultur, the fame o its annual theatre festival, kent as the Festival o Avignon, haes far exceedit the French borders.

Avignon is twinned wi:

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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Avignon.

• Tourist office wabsteid Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Ceety council wabsteid Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Avignon theater festival wabsteid

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