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Avignon

Administration
Full nameAvignon
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-C�te d'Azur
DepartmentVaucluse
ArrondissementAvignon
IntercommunalityGrand Avignon
MayorMarie-Josée Roig (2001 - 2008)
Statistics
Elevation75.5 ft (23 m)
Highest Elevation400.3 ft (122 m)
Lowest Elevation32.8 ft (10 m)
Land Area25 sq mi (64.78 km2)
Total Population94787 (2006)
- Density3789.7/sq mi (1463.2/km2)
Time zoneCET (GMT +1)
Postal code84000
INSEE84007

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Avignon (-fraviɲɔ̃; Provençal: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in southeastern France.

The city is well known for its Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes), where several popes and antipopes lived from the early 14th to early 15th centuries.

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Jury still out in Tarrant murder trial - Fort Worth Star Telegram Tweet this news
Fort Worth Star Telegram--To make the case that Dominguez committed burglary, prosecutors Alana Minton and Kimberly D'-Avignon- argued in closing that Garcia had a greater right to the ... - Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:10:22 GMT+00:00
HULL RUFC have signed back row centre Oli Cook from French side USAP Avignon. - Hull Daily Mail Tweet this news
Hull Daily Mail--He joins his brother Dan at the club Oli is in contention to go straight in for his debut at Leicester Lions tomorrow. Hull's 20 point victory over ... - Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:53:36 GMT+00:00
French Senate, agreeing with President Nicolas Sarkozy, bans women from ... - New York Daily News Tweet this news
New York Daily News--France's Kenza Drider , wearing a niqab, drives a car in -Avignon-, southern France. She said she'd continue to wear the veil, ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:38:24 GMT+00:00
Fort Worth woman testifies about the night her mother was slain - Fort Worth Star Telegram Tweet this news
Fort Worth Star Telegram--Instead, prosecutor Kimberly D'-Avignon- and defense attorney Wes Ball asked her to clarify details about the Feb. 24 fight that led Garcia to throw Dominguez ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:00:08 GMT+00:00
French Senate to vote on ban of full Muslim veils - The State Tweet this news
The State--France's Kenza Drider, wearing a niqab, poses during an interview with the Associated Press in -Avignon-, southern France, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:20:28 GMT+00:00
City wants to use more funds for demolition - Youngstown Vindicator Tweet this news
Youngstown Vindicator--The demolition of rundown and vacant houses is what the city needs the most to help its neighborhoods, said Bill D'-Avignon-, the city's community- ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:22:31 GMT+00:00
biggAIR Giant Daylight Screen (Ecran Geant) in Avignon - PR.com (press release) Tweet this news
PR.com (press release)--The JCI -Avignon- used a giant biggAIR daylight screen (Ecran Geant) for live transmission of the Radeaux Folies 2010. Nice, France, September 13, ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:02:17 GMT+00:00
What Do You Mean? - Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun Tweet this news
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun--How do we interpret the angularity of Picasso's “The Young Ladies of -Avignon-?” What does Plumtree's potted meat in Ulysses mean? ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:26:50 GMT+00:00
Free recording of the Benedictine Nuns Gregorian chant - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk--Located in -Avignon- - the historic home of Popes during the Middle Ages - the nuns get together and sing, in prayer, six times each day, performing music ... - Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:42:04 GMT+00:00
Sister Nancy Murray brings her one woman show to area - Escanaba Daily Press Tweet this news
Escanaba Daily Press--St. Catherine is most remembered for her writings and for her diplomatic effort that aided in ending the -Avignon- papacy, by counseling Pope Gregory to leave ... - Date : Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:14:47 GMT+00:00

World Heritage Sites in France

Île-de-France|Île-de-France |
Parisian basinAmiens Cathedral * Belfries of Belgium and Franceup|2 * Bourges Cathedral * Cathedral of Chartres * Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims * Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay * Fortifications of Vaubanup|1 * Le Havre * Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnesup|1 * Mont Saint-Michel and its Bayup|1 * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup|1 * Vézelay Church and Hill
Nord-Pas-de-CalaisBelfries of Belgium and Franceup|2 * Fortifications of Vaubanup|1
EastFortifications of Vaubanup|1 * Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans * Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance, Nancy * Strasbourg - Grande Île
WestAbbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe * Fortifications of Vaubanup|1 * Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnesup|1 * Mont Saint-Michel and its Bayup|1 * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup|1
South WestBordeaux * Canal du Midiup|1 * Fortifications of Vaubanup|1 * Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley * Pyrénées - Mont Perduup|3 * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup|1 * Saint-Émilion
Centre EastLyon * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup|1
MediterraneanArles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments * Canal du Midiup|1 * Carcassonne * Fortifications of Vaubanup|1 * Gulf of Porto (Calanches de Piana * Gulf of Girolata * Scandola Reserve) * Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge, Avignon * Pont du Gard * Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and Triumphal Arch of Orange * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup|1
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Communes of the Vaucluse department

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