Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (, literally ''St. Saturnin
near 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 ...
''; oc, Sant Savornin d'Avinhon) is a
commune 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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Government and military
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in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...
region
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in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 4,857.
History
The poet
Jean Tortel
Jean Tortel (4 April 1904, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon, Vaucluse – 2 March 1993Jean Tortel
on Encyclopé ...
(1904–1993) was born in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon.
See also
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Communes of the Vaucluse department
References
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Communes of Vaucluse