The 3rd constituency of Vaucluse is a French legislative
constituency
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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.''département'' (
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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).
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According to the division into constituencies by the law n°86-1197 of 24 November 1986, the 3rd constituency of Vaucluse included six
cantons
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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, ''Bisturri ...
Pernes-les-Fontaines
Pernes-les-Fontaines (; officially Pernes until 1936; Occitan: ''Pèrnas dei Fònts'' or simply ''Pèrnas'') is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2019, it had a population of 10,170. Its inhabitants are called ''Perno ...
census
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conducted in 1999 by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies ( INSEE), the total population of the constituency was estimated at 127,749 inhabitants.
Approved in February 2010 by the
Constitutional Council of France
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Parliament of France
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, the ordonnance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009 reduced the area of the constituency.
Stretched over , the 3rd constituency consists of three cantons and fifteen municipalities: Bédarrides (
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, ''Bisturri ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
), Carpentras-Sud (
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 Al ...
, southern part of
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.
...
,
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 Vaucl ...
,
Mazan
Mazan (; oc, Masan) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The town is 4 miles (7 km) drive east of Carpentras, one of its neighbouring municipalities, and 21 miles (34&nbs ...
,
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 ...
), Pernes-les-Fontaines (
Le Beaucet
Le Beaucet (; oc, Lo Baucet) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The village is located southeast of Carpentras, at the western end of the Monts de Vaucluse.
See also
*Commun ...
,
Pernes-les-Fontaines
Pernes-les-Fontaines (; officially Pernes until 1936; Occitan: ''Pèrnas dei Fònts'' or simply ''Pèrnas'') is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2019, it had a population of 10,170. Its inhabitants are called ''Perno ...
,
La Roque-sur-Pernes
La Roque-sur-Pernes (, literally ''La Roque on Pernes''; Occitan: ''La Ròca de Pèrnas'') is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2020, it had a population of 417.
History
After the Second World War hundreds of Banat ...
Velleron
Velleron (; oc, Veleron) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Vaucluse department
The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse dep ...
,
Venasque
Venasque (; oc, Venasca; la, Vindasca) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
The area has many tourist attractions, such as the nearby Mount Vaucluse, a park with several tenni ...
). After the boundary changes, the population of the constituency amounted to 96,291 inhabitants in 2008 and 97,206 inhabitants in 2009.
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