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Canton Of Pernes-les-Fontaines
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The canton of Pernes-les-Fontaines is a French administrative division in the department of Vaucluse and region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Composition At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 6 to 21 communes: * Aurel *Le Beaucet * Bédoin *Blauvac *Crillon-le-Brave * Flassan * Malemort-du-Comtat *Mazan *Méthamis * Modène *Monieux * Mormoiron *Pernes-les-Fontaines *La Roque-sur-Pernes * Saint-Christol * Saint-Didier *Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols * Saint-Trinit * Sault *Venasque * Villes-sur-Auzon References Pernes-les-Fontaines Pernes-les-Fontaines (; officially Pernes until 1936; Occitan: ''Pèrnas dei Fònts'' or simply ''Pèrnas'') is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2019, it had a population of 10,170. Its inhabitants are called ''Perno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pernes-les-Fontaines
Pernes-les-Fontaines (; officially Pernes until 1936; Occitan: ''Pèrnas dei Fònts'' or simply ''Pèrnas'') is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2019, it had a population of 10,170. Its inhabitants are called ''Pernois'' and ''Pernoises''. Population People related to Pernes-les-Fontaines * Esprit Fléchier (1632–1710) * Esprit Antoine Blanchard (1696–1770) * Charles Giraud (1802–1885) * Paul de Vivie (1853–1930) * Daniel Sorano (1920–1962) * Ahmad Jamal (born 1930) * Jean Ragnotti (born 1945) * Richard Descoings (1958–2012) See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazan
Mazan (; oc, Masan) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The town is 4 miles (7 km) drive east of Carpentras, one of its neighbouring municipalities, and 21 miles (34 km) by road from Avignon. The town is located in the heart of the former Venaissin County, near the south side of Mount Ventoux. Mazan is one of the chateaux of the de Sade family. Today this chateau is a luxury hotel. Population See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venasque
Venasque (; oc, Venasca; la, Vindasca) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The area has many tourist attractions, such as the nearby Mount Vaucluse, a park with several tennis courts, and many open areas. The town of Venasque stands on a hill, surrounded on all sides by ramparts in various states of disrepair. It is home to many notable foreigners, such as Darius Brubeck. It has a beautiful forest surrounding it, with picturesque trails and several shepherds' dwellings made out of rocks piled together to create domed huts. History In the high middle ages Venasque was the capital of the Comtat Venaissin, which became a possession of the Holy See in 1271. In 1320 Venasque was replaced as capital of the Comtat by Carpentras. Papal control of the Comtat continued until the 1790s, when it was annexed by France and placed within a new ''département'' of the Vaucluse, although the papacy did not recognise the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sault, Vaucluse
Sault (; oc, Saut) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Trinit
Saint-Trinit (; Provençal: ''Sant Ternit'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also * Communes of the Vaucluse department References Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols (; Provençal: ''Sant Pèire de Vassòus'') is a commune in the Vaucluse ''département'' in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Its inhabitants are known as ''vassoliens'' (male) and ''vassoliennes'' (female). It is the birthplace of Blaise Francois Pagan (1603-1665), a French soldier and military engineer. His work, ''Les Fortifications'', was the dominant text of its era on military fortifications and a significant influence on Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. The village is located near Mont Ventoux, often used as a stage on the Tour de France. It is one of the toughest climbs in professional cycling, and British cyclist Tom Simpson died here in 1967. Other tourist attractions include a caravan site. See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Didier, Vaucluse
Saint-Didier (; Provençal: ''Sant Deidier'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It has a population of 2,144 (2017). See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vaucluse Vaucluse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Christol, Vaucluse
Saint-Christol (; oc, Sant Cristòu) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roque-sur-Pernes
La Roque-sur-Pernes (, literally ''La Roque on Pernes''; Occitan: ''La Ròca de Pèrnas'') is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2020, it had a population of 417. History After the Second World War hundreds of Banat French people from Banat, a region between Romania, Serbia and Hungary, settled in the village. See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vaucluse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormoiron
Mormoiron (; oc, Mormeiron) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography and geology Mormoiron is located 12 km East of Carpentras; also nearby are Mont Ventoux and Avignon. The soil is mainly composed of sand, ochre and gypsum. Prehistory and antiquity The commune's area was occupied prehistorically (approximately 100,000 BC), as is evidenced by the discovery of bifaces and Pottery. Evidence from the twenty-first century BC points to trade relations with Phocaea and ancient Marseille. Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ... colonization left behind altars to Mercury, coins from the Augustan and Trojan reigns, and various other artefacts. The siege walls surrounding 16th century Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monieux
Monieux (; oc, Monius) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography The commune of Monieux is located on the plateau of the Mounts of Vaucluse, near to the commune of Sault. It shelters on its territory part of the classified as sites “Reserve of Biosphere” of the Ventoux Mount. Hydrology La Nesque flows through Monieux. Climate The commune is located in the zone of influence of the Mediterranean climate. The summers are hot and dry, related to the increase in altitude of the subtropical anticyclones, intersected with stormy episodes sometimes violent one. The winters are soft. Precipitations are not very frequent and rare snow. It there 275 days of sun per year. Demography Agriculture It primarily confines in an activity of medium mountains of the type of Provence with a production of lavender, of lavandin, of old variety of wheat and of the derivative products. Sheep breeding and the production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modène
Modène (; oc, Maudena) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
