Avignon
settlement
commune in Vaucluse, France
Location: 43.9486, 4.8083 · Pleiades 148004
Who is recorded here
- Ruf d'Avignon death · AD 200
In art
- View of Avignon from the Right Bank of the Rhone near the Tour Philippe-le-Bel — Joseph Vernet (1756)
- View of the port in Avignon — Teofil Kwiatkowski (1840)
- File:NAPOLEONIII-visitant-les-inondes.jpg — Charles Guilbert d'Anelle (1850)
- File:Charles-Marie Dulac - Paysage (1896).jpg — Charles-Marie Dulac (1896)
- The Château des Papes in Avignon — Paul Signac (1900)
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About the place
Avignon is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune has a population of 92,188 (2023), with about 16,000 living in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval walls.
From Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-08-14 · CC BY-SA 4.0