Comtat Venaissin

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former administrative division historic territory papal enclave

Comtat Venaissin was a historic papal enclave in southeastern France that, together with Avignon, formed a key center of papal temporal power from the Middle Ages until the French Revolution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Comtat Venaissin canonical 13
Comtat Venaicin 1
Comtat Venaissin plain 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
historic territory ⓘ
papal enclave ⓘ
adjacentTo Avignon ⓘ
annexationConfirmationYear 1797 ⓘ
annexationConfirmedBy Treaty of Tolentino ⓘ
annexationYear 1791 ⓘ
annexedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
associatedWith Avignon Papacy ⓘ
borderedBy Durance River ⓘ
Ventoux AOC ⓘ
surface form: Mont Ventoux region

Rhône River ⓘ
capital Carpentras ⓘ
cededToPapalStatesBy Philip III of France ⓘ
surface form: King Philip III of France
contains Carpentras ⓘ
Cavaillon ⓘ
L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue ⓘ
Carpentras ⓘ
surface form: Valréas
country Papal States ⓘ
endOfDeFactoPapalRule 1791 ⓘ
governedBy papal legate ⓘ
vice-legate ⓘ
hadStatus enclave within the Kingdom of France ⓘ
papal temporal possession ⓘ
historicalEra Ancien Régime ⓘ
Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Provence ⓘ
knownFor refuge for religious minorities ⓘ
relative fiscal privileges ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Occitan ⓘ
legalSystem canon law ⓘ
local customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Provence ⓘ
Vaucluse ⓘ
southeastern France ⓘ
nameInFrench Comtat Venaissin self-link ⓘ
nameInOccitan Comtat Venaissin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Comtat Venaicin
nameLanguage Occitan ⓘ
nowPartOf France ⓘ
French department of Vaucluse ⓘ
partOf Papal States ⓘ
previousRuler County of Toulouse ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereign Holy See ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
startOfPapalRule 1274 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Avignon Papacy → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
department of Vaucluse → historicRegion → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
subject surface form: Vaucluse
department of Vaucluse → contains → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
subject surface form: Vaucluse
this entity surface form: Comtat Venaissin plain
Vaucluse → contains → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
Orange (France) → historicalRegion → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
Comtat Venaissin → nameInOccitan → Comtat Venaissin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comtat Venaicin
Comtat Venaissin → nameInFrench → Comtat Venaissin self-link ⓘ
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse → historicalRegion → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
commune of Carpentras → formerCapitalOf → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
subject surface form: Carpentras
Diocese of Avignon → hasHistoricConnectionWith → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
Avignon Bridge → regionHistorically → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
Cavaillon → hasRegion → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
Gordes → historicalRegion → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
County of Provence → hasBorderWith → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
States of the Church → territoryIncludes → Comtat Venaissin ⓘ