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Vaucluse

Department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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coordinates
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Carpentras
leader_party	LR
leader_title	President of the Departmental Council
leader_name	Dominique Santoni
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Carpentras

Vaucluse (; (Classical norm) or Vau-Cluso (Mistralian norm)) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019. The department's prefecture is Avignon.

It is named after a spring, the Fontaine de Vaucluse, one of the largest karst springs in the world. The name Vaucluse itself derives from the Latin Vallis Clausa ("closed valley") as the valley ends in a cliff face from which the spring emanates.

History

Vaucluse was created on 12 August 1793 out of parts of the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme and Basses-Alpes, later renamed Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The then rural department was, like the nearby city of Lyon, a hotbed of the French Resistance in World War II.

Geography

The white and red summit communications tower on Mont Ventoux rising above a rocky peak under a clear blue sky — Summit tower on Mont Ventoux in Vaucluse

Vaucluse is bordered by the Rhône to the west and the Durance to the south. Mountains occupy a significant proportion of the eastern half of the department, with Mont Ventoux (1,912 m), also known as "the Giant of Provence", dominating the landscape. Other important mountain ranges include the Dentelles de Montmirail, the Monts de Vaucluse and the Luberon.

The northern part of the department, the Canton of Valréas, forms an enclave within the department Drôme.

Fruit and vegetables are cultivated in great quantities in the lower-lying parts of the department, on one of the most fertile plains in Southern France. The Vaucluse department has a rather large exclave within the Drôme department, the canton of Valréas (Enclave des Papes).

Vaucluse is also known for its karst, including the karst spring Fontaine de Vaucluse after which "Vauclusian Risings" are named.

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Avignon, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are six communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants:

Commune	Population (2019)
Avignon	91,143
Carpentras	29,236
Orange	28,772
Cavaillon	26,236
Pertuis	20,557
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue	20,042

Demographics

Population development since 1801:{{historical populations |graph-pos=bottom

Politics

Departmental Council

Main article: Departmental Council of Vaucluse

Following the 2021 departmental election, Dominique Santoni of The Republicans was elected President of the Departmental Council. She succeeded Maurice Chabert, who had held the office since 2015.

The Departmental Council of Vaucluse has 34 seats. The Left Front (FG) currently has 2 seats, the Socialist Party (PS) has 7, Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) has 3, the miscellaneous right (DVD) has 2, The Republicans (LR) have 10, the National Rally has 6 and a local party, the Ligue du Sud (LS), has 4.

Members of the National Assembly

2022 legislative election

In the 2022 legislative election, Vaucluse elected the following representatives to the National Assembly:

Constituency	Member	Party
	Vaucluse's 1st constituency	Joris Hébrard
	Vaucluse's 2nd constituency	Bénédicte Auzanot
	Vaucluse's 3rd constituency	Hervé de Lépinau
	Vaucluse's 4th constituency	Marie-France Lorho
	Vaucluse's 5th constituency	Jean-François Lovisolo

2017 legislative election

During the 2017 legislative election, Vaucluse elected the following representatives to the National Assembly:

Constituency	Member	Party
	Vaucluse's 1st constituency	Jean-François Cesarini
	Vaucluse's 2nd constituency	Jean-Claude Bouchet
	Vaucluse's 3rd constituency	Brune Poirson
	Vaucluse's 4th constituency	Jacques Bompard
	Vaucluse's 5th constituency	Julien Aubert

*On 21 July 2017, Brune Poirson resigned from office to join the Second Philippe government as Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition. She was replaced in the National Assembly by Adrien Morenas.

**Jacques Bompard resigned in August 2017 to become Mayor of Orange. He was replaced by Marie-France Lorho.

Transport

Air

Avignon–Provence Airport is the only airport in Vaucluse. However, there are no scheduled flights to and from the airport. Other nearby airports such as Marseille Provence Airport, Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport and Nice Côte d'Azur Airport are also used by air travellers from the department.

Tourism

File:Saint-benezet in southeastern France.jpg|Pont Saint-Bénezet in Avignon File:Brantes Vue d'ensemble 5.JPG|Brantes File:TrBogen Orange.jpg|Triumphal Arch of Orange File:DentelleMontmirail.jpg|Dentelles de Montmirail

References

[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep84.pdf Populations légales 2019: 84 Vaucluse], INSEE
"Historique de Vaucluse".
"Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
[https://www.nosdeputes.fr/circonscription/departement/Vaucluse List of members for Vaucluse] (in French), on www.nosdeputes.fr.

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