Althen-des-Paluds (; Provençal: ''Lei Palús'' or ''Alten'') is a

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in the

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in the

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in southeastern

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. The commune is crossed by the river Sorgue.

Name of the city

The name of Althen-des-Paluds is a homage to

Jean Althen Jean-Baptiste Joannis Althen, better simply known as Jean Althen (Hovhannès Althounian; 1709–1774), was an Armenian agronomist from Safavid Iran who developed the cultivation of madder in France. Although the plant had been present in the reg ...

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 Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...

Nearby Cities

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International relations

Althen-des-Paluds is twinned with

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Gallery

File:Althen - Mairie.JPG, Town hall of Althen des Paluds File:Eglise à Athen des Paluds.JPG, Church of Althen des Paluds File:J Althen.JPG, Jean Althen Statue