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Cavaillon
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Cavaillon
Total population
25,923
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Overview
Cavaillon is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is situated in the Durance Valley, at the foot of the Luberon mountains.
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History
Cavaillon was already a city in the Gallo-Roman period, and has several minor relics from that era, including a 1st century triumphal arch. and the 12th-century cathedral is dedicated to him. In the Middle Ages Cavaillon was part of the Comtat Venaissin. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1753.
Geography
Cavaillon is part of the Regional and Natural Park of Luberon ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141221204003/http://www.parcduluberon.fr/Le-parc-naturel-regional/Territoire-et-communes parc naturel régional du Luberon]) in the French Department of Vaucluse. The Calavon, a tributary of the Durance locally called Coulon, flows westward through the middle of the commune. The Durance forms the commune's south-western border.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Cheval-Blanc2.7 mi away · pop. 4,317
- Saint-Andiol4.7 mi away · pop. 3,380
- Cabannes4.8 mi away · pop. 4,595
- Maubec4.8 mi away · pop. 1,914
- Mollégès4.9 mi away · pop. 2,666
- Oppède6.5 mi away · pop. 1,284
- Sénas6.6 mi away · pop. 6,838
- Le Thor6.8 mi away · pop. 8,858
- Cabrières-d'Avignon6.8 mi away · pop. 1,795
- Saumane-de-Vaucluse7.7 mi away · pop. 908
- Beaumettes8.3 mi away · pop. 303
- Ménerbes8.4 mi away · pop. 979
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 84035
- Department
- 84
- Region
- 93
- Population (Wikidata)
- 25,636
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr