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Monteux
Monteux (; oc, Monteus) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography Monteux is near Carpentras, in middle of Comtat Venaissin, and around 20 km from Avignon, in the countryside between Mont Ventoux, the Rhône and the Durance. Its inhabitants are called Montelais or Montiliens. The patron saint of the city is Saint Gens. Nearby towns Althen-des-Paluds, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Carpentras, Sarrians, Pernes-les-Fontaines, Loriol-du-Comtat. Hydrography The river Auzon crosses the commune to the north of the historical center. Climate The commune, located in the zone of influence of the Mediterranean climate, has four seasons. Two are dry: a short winter and a very long summer; two are rainy: autumn and spring. While the summers generally are hot and dry, due to subtropical anticyclone activity, there are stormy periods, sometimes violent. The winters are gently. Rain is infrequent and snow rar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Gens
Saint Gens (1104 – 16 May 1127), also named Saint Gens du Beaucet, was a hermit. Biography He was born in Monteux, near Carpentras, in today's southern France at the beginning of the 12th century. When he was a teenager, he lived far from his family and his village, as a hermit, in a small valley around Le Beaucet. He lived in renouncement, praying, working and doing penitence. He is called upon to obtain rain during droughts. With his death, on May 16, 1127, he was buried close to a rock in the middle of the small valley where a Romance vault was high about the middle of the 12th century. Many miracles are attributed to his intervention, and his veneration is approved by the Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a .... Legends and miracles * Gens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération Des Sorgues Du Comtat
Communauté d'agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat is a ''communauté d'agglomération'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure in the Vaucluse departments of France, department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions of France, region, southeastern France. Created in 2001, its seat is in Monteux.CA des Sorgues du Comtat (N° SIREN : 248400293) BANATIC. Retrieved 21 November 2022. Its name refers to the branches of the river Sorgue and the Comtat Venaissin. Its area is 154.7 km2. Its population was 50,165 in 2019.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Althen-des-Paluds
Althen-des-Paluds (; Provençal: ''Lei Palús'' or ''Alten'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The commune is crossed by the river Sorgue. Name of the city The name of Althen-des-Paluds is a homage to Jean Althen. Climate The climate is of Mediterranean type and is characterized by rather hot and dry summers and soft winters. The average temperatures oscillate between 0 and 30° according to the season. The record of temperature since the existence of the INRA' station is of 40,5 °C at the time of the European heat wave of 2003 on August 5 and -12,8 °C on January 5, 1985. The weather statements are done with Agroparc office of Avignon. Nearby Cities Monteux Bédarrides Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue Velleron Le Thor Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon International relations Althen-des-Paluds is twinned with Monte Carlo, Monaco. Gallery File:Althen - Mairie.JPG, Town hall of Althen des Paluds Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue (; oc, Entraigas de Sòrga) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Population In 2017, it had a population of 8,472. 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] |
Sarrians
Sarrians (; oc, Sarrian) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Population Hominin remains Several hominin bones, showing breakages due to sediment pressure, have been found nearby. 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] |
Anticyclone
An anticyclone is a weather phenomenon defined as a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to a cyclone). Effects of surface-based anticyclones include clearing skies as well as cooler, drier air. Fog can also form overnight within a region of higher pressure. Mid-tropospheric systems, such as the subtropical ridge, deflect tropical cyclones around their periphery and cause a temperature inversion inhibiting free convection near their center, building up surface-based haze under their base. Anticyclones aloft can form within warm-core lows such as tropical cyclones, due to descending cool air from the backside of upper troughs such as polar highs, or from large-scale sinking such as a subtropical ridge. The evolution of an anticyclone depends upon variables such as its size, intensity, and extent of moist con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring (season)
Spring, also known as springtime, is one of the four temperate seasons, succeeding winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it is autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. At the spring (or vernal) equinox, days and nights are approximately twelve hours long, with daytime length increasing and nighttime length decreasing as the season progresses until the Summer Solstice in June (Northern Hemisphere) and December (Southern Hemisphere). Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Subtropical and tropical areas have climates better described in terms of other seasons, e.g. dry or wet, monsoonal or cyclonic. Cultures may have local names for seasons which have little equivalence to the terms originating in Europe. Meteoro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auzon
Auzon (; oc, Auson) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Loire department *Franks Casket The Franks Casket (or the Auzon Casket) is a small Anglo-Saxon whale's bone (not "whalebone" in the sense of baleen) chest from the early 8th century, now in the British Museum. The casket is densely decorated with knife-cut narrative scenes in ... References Communes of Haute-Loire {{HauteLoire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer
Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, tradition, and culture. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. Timing From an astronomical view, the equinoxes and solstices would be the middle of the respective seasons, but sometimes astronomical summer is defined as starting at the solstice, the time of maximal insolation, often identified with the 21st day of June or December. By solar reckoning, summer instead starts on May Day and the summer solstice is Midsummer. A variable seasonal lag means that the meteorological centre of the season, which is based on average temperature pattern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter
Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures define different dates as the start of winter, and some use a definition based on weather. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. In many regions, winter brings snow and freezing temperatures. The moment of winter solstice is when the Sun's elevation with respect to the North or South Pole is at its most negative value; that is, the Sun is at its farthest below the horizon as measured from the pole. The day on which this occurs has the shortest day and the longest night, with day length increasing and night length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The earliest sunset and latest sunrise dates outside the polar regions differ from the date of the winte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seasons
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface, variations of which may cause animals to undergo hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant. Various cultures define the number and nature of seasons based on regional variations, and as such there are a number of both modern and historical cultures whose number of seasons varies. The Northern Hemisphere experiences most direct sunlight during May, June, and July, as the hemisphere faces the Sun. The same is true of the Southern Hemisphere in November, December, and January. It is Earth's axial tilt that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months, which increases the solar flux. However, due to season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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