Vaucluse
department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Summary
Vaucluse is a department of France[1]. Vaucluse draws 4,039 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #31 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Claude Haut[5]
- Capital: Avignon[6]
- Shares border with: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence[7], Ardèche[8], Bouches-du-Rhône[9], Drôme[10], Gard[11], Var[12]
- Named after: fontaine de Vaucluse[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Apt[14], arrondissement of Avignon[15], arrondissement of Carpentras[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Tochigi Prefecture[17]
- Commons category: Vaucluse[18]
- Licence plate code: 84[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20], UTC+02:00[21]
- Inception: June 25, 1793[22]
- Highest point: Mont Ventoux[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vaucluse[24]
- Commons gallery: Vaucluse[25]
- Population: 555,240[26], 557,548[27], 559,479[28], 559,793[29], 561,469[30], 561,941[31], 564,566[32], 568,702[33], 572,056[34]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[35]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38]
- Official name: Vaucluse[39]
- List of monuments: Liste der Monuments historiques im Département Vaucluse[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Vaucluse[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Vaucluse[42]
- Demonym: valchiusani[43], valclusiani[44]
- Native label: Vaucluse[45]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Vaucluse[46]
Why It Matters
Vaucluse has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Vaucluse is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]