Avignon
Avignon | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Coat airms | |
  Avignon Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Avignon | |
| Coordinates: 43°57′00″N 4°49′01″E / 43.95°N 4.817°ECoordinates: 43°57′00″N 4°49′01″E / 43.95°N 4.817°E | |
| 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.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns – Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Avignon is twinned wi:
|
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Notes
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce] |
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
 | This Fraunce-relatit airticle is a stub. Ye can help Wikipaedia bi expandin it. |