Avignon is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region of southern France. Located on the left bank of the Rhone, the commune has a population of 92,188 as of 2023, with about 16,000 living within the medieval walls of its ancient town centre, while the wider Communaute d'agglomeration du Grand Avignon, a cooperation of 16 communes, had 197,102 inhabitants in 2022.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude43.948611 degrees north 2 In the Other Atlases
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Source Athanasius Kircher (Wikipedia)Article textQuote, Article text
This was the year that Kircher published his first book (the Ars Magnesia, reporting his research on magnetism), but having been caught up in the Thirty Years' War he was driven to the papal University of Avignon in France.
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1. Avignon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead paragraph, population
population of 92,188
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Avignon (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 43.948611, longitude 4.808333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 10 m
P2046 (area)
area 64.91 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2023)
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