Rasteau (; oc, Lo Rastèu) is a
commune
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in the
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.[department
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in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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in southeastern
France
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.
Town twins
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Houyet
Houyet () is a municipality of Wallonia in the province of Namur, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,485 inhabitants. The total area is 122.31 km², giving a population density of 37 inhabitants per km².
The municipality con ...
,
Belgium
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(since 1991)
See also
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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):[Rasteau AOC
Rasteau is an ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' for wine in the southern Rhône (wine region), Rhône wine region of France, covering both fortified wine, fortified] , a wine appellation covering Rasteau and some neighbouring communes
References
Communes of Vaucluse
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