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Avignon is the seat of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vaucluse which manages the Avignon–Caumont Airport and the Avignon-Le Pontet Docks. Avignon has 7,000 businesses, 1,550 associations, 1,764 shops, and 1,305 service providers. [37]
The university was founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, and closed in 1792 during the French Revolution. [5] It was re-opened as L'Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse in 1984 following the 1963 establishment of an annex of Faculté des Sciences d'Aix-Marseille in Avignon. [6]
The Archdiocese of Avignon had canonic jurisdiction over the department of Vaucluse and was an archdiocese under the bishoprics of Comtadins Carpentras, Cavaillon, and Vaison-la-Romaine. [ 30 ] From the fifteenth century onward it became the policy of the Kings of France to rule Avignon as part of their kingdom.
Vaucluse (French:; Provençal: Vauclusa (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. [ 2 ]
The arrondissement of Avignon is an arrondissement of France in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 16 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 210,535 (2021), and its area is 336.9 km 2 (130.1 sq mi).
14 September - Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin declared part of France during the French Revolution. [45] Massacres of La Glacière [45] [46] 1792 - Avignon becomes part of the Bouches-du-Rhône souveraineté. [47] 1794 - Montfavet becomes part of Avignon. [47] 1796 - Archives départementales de Vaucluse established. [48] [49]
The Pont Saint-Bénézet (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃ benezɛ]; Provençal: Pònt de Sant Beneset), also known as the Pont d'Avignon (IPA: [pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃]), was a medieval bridge across the Rhône in the town of Avignon, in southern France. Only four arches survive.
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a historic building in Avignon, Vaucluse, southern France, standing on the Place de l'Horloge. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1862. [1]