Orange (France)

E60879
commune of France town

Orange is a historic town in southeastern France’s Vaucluse department, renowned for its well-preserved Roman theatre and triumphal arch, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Orange, Vaucluse 3
Orange, Vaucluse, France 3
Orange, France 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf France ⓘ
areaSquareKilometers 74.20 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demonym Orangeois ⓘ
Orangeoises ⓘ
elevationMaxMeters 127 ⓘ
elevationMinMeters 22 ⓘ
formerName Arausio ⓘ
foundedBy Romans ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation City of Art and History (France) ⓘ
surface form: Ville d’art et d’histoire
hasTouristAttraction Museum of Art and History of Orange ⓘ
Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ
Triumphal Arch of Orange ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Roman era ⓘ
historicalRegion Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
historicalStatus Principality of Orange ⓘ
inseeCode 84087 ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
surface form: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region

Vaucluse department ⓘ
southeastern France ⓘ
nearbyCity Avignon ⓘ
Montélimar ⓘ
Nîmes ⓘ
notableEvent Chorégies d’Orange ⓘ
notableFor Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ
Triumphal Arch of Orange ⓘ
notableStructure Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral ⓘ
Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ
Triumphal Arch of Orange ⓘ
partOf arrondissement of Carpentras ⓘ
canton of Orange ⓘ
postalCode 84100 ⓘ
primaryEconomicSector tourism ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
region Provence ⓘ
regionalLanguage Occitan ⓘ
surface form: Provençal Occitan
river Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône
transport Orange railway station ⓘ
twinTown Byblos ⓘ
Orange, California ⓘ
surface form: Orange (United States)

Weifang ⓘ
unescoInscriptionYear 1981 ⓘ
unescoListing Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ
surface form: Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Celtic settlement Arausio → gaveNameTo → Orange (France) ⓘ
subject surface form: Arausio
this entity surface form: Orange, Vaucluse
subject surface form: Arausio
this entity surface form: Orange, France
Princess of Orange → historicalRegion → Orange (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange, Vaucluse, France
this entity surface form: Orange, Vaucluse, France
Roman Theatre of Orange → locatedIn → Orange (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange, Vaucluse, France
subject surface form: Arausio
this entity surface form: Orange, Vaucluse
Council of Orange (529) → location → Orange (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange, Gaul
Council of Orange (529) → location → Orange (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange, southern Gaul
Principality of Orange → successor → Orange (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange, Vaucluse
Ulm → twinCity → Orange (France) ⓘ