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