department of Vaucluse

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administrative territorial entity department of France

The department of Vaucluse is an administrative region in southeastern France known for its historic towns, Provençal landscapes, and cultural heritage centered around cities like Avignon.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → department of France →
borders	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence → Ardèche → Bouches-du-Rhône → Drôme → Gard → Var →
capital	Avignon →
climate	Mediterranean climate →
contains	Apt → Avignon → Carpentras → Cavaillon → Comtat Venaissin plain → Fontaine-de-Vaucluse → Gordes → Luberon massif → L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue → Mont Ventoux → Orange → part of Rhône Valley →
country	France →
createdFrom	former papal territories around Avignon → parts of Bouches-du-Rhône → parts of Drôme →
culturalCenter	Avignon →
departmentNumber	84 →
economy	agriculture → tourism industry → wine industry →
hasMajorRiver	Durance → Rhône → Sorgue →
hasSubprefecture	Apt → Carpentras →
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Historic Centre of Avignon → Roman Theatre and surroundings in Orange →
historicRegion	Comtat Venaissin → Provence →
inception	1793 →
ISOCode	FR-84 →
knownFor	Papal heritage in Avignon → Provençal landscapes → Roman heritage in Orange → historic towns → lavender fields in the Luberon area → tourism → vineyards and wine production →
language	French →
locatedIn	region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur → southeastern France →
namedAfter	river Vaucluse (Fontaine-de-Vaucluse) / etymology from Vallis Clausa →
partOf	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur →
prefecture	Avignon →
regionalLanguage	Provençal Occitan →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Orange →	administrativeDivision