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Vaucluse's 3rd Constituency
The 3rd constituency of Vaucluse is a French legislative Constituency (France), constituency in the Vaucluse departments of France, ''département'' (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur). Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, a member of the National Front (France), National Front, represented the constituency during the XIV legislature (2012–2017). It has been held by Brune Poirson and her Substitute (elections), substitute, Adrien Morenas of En Marche!, REM since 2017. History, geography and demography According to the division into constituencies by the law n°86-1197 of 24 November 1986, the 3rd constituency of Vaucluse included six Cantons of France, cantons : Canton of Bédarrides, Bédarrides, Canton of Carpentras-Nord, Carpentras-Nord, Canton of Carpentras-Sud, Carpentras-Sud, Canton of Mormoiron, Mormoiron, Canton of Pernes-les-Fontaines, Pernes-les-Fontaines, Canton of Sault, Sault. According to the national census conducted in 1999 by the French National Institute for Statistics and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 84 Vaucluse INSEE The department's prefecture is . It is named after a spring, the Fontaine de Vaucluse, one of the largest |
Canton Of Mormoiron
The canton of Mormoiron is a French former administrative division in the department of Vaucluse and region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had 10,655 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 84 Vaucluse INSEE It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 10 communes, which joined the in 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpentras
Carpentras (, formerly ; Provençal Occitan: ''Carpentràs'' in classical norm or ''Carpentras'' in Mistralian norm; la, Carpentoracte) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. As capital of the Comtat Venaissin, it was frequently the residence of the Avignon popes; the Papal States retained possession of the Venaissin until the French Revolution. Nowadays, Carpentras is a commercial center for Comtat Venaissin and is famous for the black truffle markets held from winter to early spring. Carpentras briefly held France's all-time high-temperature record, during the heatwave of June 2019. History Classical antiquity Carpentras was a commercial site used by Greek merchants in ancient times, and known to Romans at first as Carpentoracte Meminorum, mentioned by Pliny, then renamed Forum Neronis ("Forum of Nero"); the city retains an impressive Roman triumphal arch, that has been enclosed by the bishops' palace, r ... [...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] |
Vedène
Vedène (; oc, Vedena) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a northeastern suburb of Avignon, crossed by the A7 autoroute. 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] |
Sorgues
Sorgues (; oc, Sòrgas) is a Communes of France, commune in the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. The river Ouvèze, a tributary of the Rhône, as well as its tributary Sorgue, which begins at the Fontaine de Vaucluse (spring), Fontaine de Vaucluse, run through the commune. Sorgues, which had a population of 18,680 in 2017, is located just north of Avignon, on the border with Gard. History According to ''The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas'' by Gertrude Stein, Georges Braque lived in Sorgues after being wounded during the World War I, First World War.Gertrude Stein, ''The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas'', Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 April 2001), page 201 Population See also * Communes of the Vaucluse department * Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC References {{authority control Communes of Vaucluse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courthézon
Courthézon (; oc, Corteson) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. 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] |
Bédarrides
Bédarrides (; Provençal: ''Bedarrida'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Name The settlement is attested as ''villa Betorrida'' in 814, ''Biturrita'' in 898, ''Bisturrita'' in 903, ''Beddurida'' in 908, and ''Bederrida'' in 1274. 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] |
Parliament Of France
The French Parliament (french: Parlement français) is the bicameral legislature of the French Republic, consisting of the Senate () and the National Assembly (). Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at separate locations in Paris: the Senate meets in the and the National Assembly convenes at . Each house has its own regulations and rules of procedure. However, occasionally they may meet as a single house known as the Congress of the French Parliament (), convened at the Palace of Versailles, to revise and amend the Constitution of France. History and name The French Parliament, as a legislative body, should not be confused with the various parlements of the Ancien Régime in France, which were courts of justice and tribunals with certain political functions varying from province to province and as to whether the local law was written and Roman, or customary common law. The word "Parliament", in the modern meaning of the term, appeared in France in the 19th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 French Legislative Election
Legislative elections took place on 10 and 17 June 2012 (and on other dates for small numbers of voters outside metropolitan France) to select the members of the 14th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a little over a month after the French presidential election run-off held on 6 May. All 577 single member seats in the assembly, including those representing overseas departments and territories and French residents overseas, were contested using a two-round system. Background Presidential election The elections came a month after the presidential election won by François Hollande of the Socialist Party. Since 2002, legislative elections immediately follow the presidential ones. This was designed to limit the possibility of a cohabitation, whereby the President and his or her Prime Minister, backed by a parliamentary majority, would be of opposite parties. The aim was also to give the new president and his government a "double mandate", the election of the President b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitutional Council Of France
The Constitutional Council (french: Conseil constitutionnel; ) is the highest constitutional authority in France. It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958 to ensure that constitutional principles and rules are upheld. It is housed in the Palais-Royal, Paris. Its main activity is to rule on whether proposed statutes conform with the Constitution, after they have been voted by Parliament and before they are signed into law by the President of the Republic (''a priori'' review). Since 1 March 2010, individual citizens who are party to a trial or a lawsuit have been able to ask for the Council to review whether the law applied in the case is constitutional ( review). In 1971, the Council ruled that conformity with the Constitution also entails conformity with two other texts referred to in the preamble of the Constitution, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the preamble of the constitution of the Fourth Republic, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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