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Avignon, France

Avignon
Commune
Vue aérienne 2 JP Campomar.jpg
Park beim Papstpalast in Avignon01 (cropped).jpg Avignon, Palais des Papes depuis Tour Philippe le Bel by JM Rosier (cropped).jpg
Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d'Avignon sous l'orage.jpg Avignon festival 2006 asobu popes palace.jpg
Le Pont d'Avignon (cropped).jpg
Coat of arms of Avignon
Coat of arms
Avignon is located in France
Avignon
Avignon
Coordinates: 43°57′N 4°49′E / 43.95°N 4.81°E / 43.95; 4.81Coordinates: 43°57′N 4°49′E / 43.95°N 4.81°E / 43.95; 4.81
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Avignon
Canton Avignon-1, 2 and 3
Intercommunality Grand Avignon
Government
 • Mayor (2014—2020) Cécile Helle (PS)
Area1 64.78 km2 (25.01 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 90,194
 • Density 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET (GMT +1) (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 84007 /84000
Elevation 10–122 m (33–400 ft)
(avg. 23 m or 75 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
Palais des papes
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location France Edit this on Wikidata
Area 64.91 km2 (698,700,000 sq ft)
Criteria i, ii, iv
Reference 228
Coordinates 43°56′55″N 4°48′30″E / 43.9486°N 4.8083°E / 43.9486; 4.8083
Inscription (Unknown Session)
Website www.avignon.fr
Avignon is located in France
Avignon
Location of Avignon
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avignon (French pronunciation: ​[a.vi.ɲɔ̃]; Latin: Avenio; Occitan: Avignoun, Occitan: Avinhon pronounced [aviˈɲun]) is a commune in south-eastern France in the department of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 90,194 inhabitants of the city (as of 2011), about 12,000 live in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval ramparts.

Between 1309 and 1377, during the Avignon Papacy, seven successive popes resided in Avignon and in 1348 Pope Clement VI bought the town from Joanna I of Naples. Papal control persisted until 1791 when, during the French Revolution, it became part of France. The town is now the capital of the Vaucluse department and one of the few French cities to have preserved its ramparts.

The historic centre, which includes the Palais des Papes, the cathedral, and the Pont d'Avignon, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The medieval monuments and the annual Festival d'Avignon have helped to make the town a major centre for tourism.


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