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Avignon

Western Europe

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.

Facts
Population
92,188 1
Area (sq km)
64.91 2
Population Estimate Year
2023 2
Elevation (m)
10 2
Latitude
43.948611 degrees north 2
Longitude
4.808333 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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Athanasius Kircher

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Source Athanasius Kircher (Wikipedia)Article text
Quote, 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.
Sources
1. Avignon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead paragraph, population
    population of 92,188
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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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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3. GeoNames: Avignon - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3035681
    43.94834 4.80892 P PPLA2 FR 93 84 842 84007 89769 31 Europe/Paris
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 31 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.75, 4.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.75, 4.75
43.75 4.75 Csa
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Wikidata: Avignon
Wikidata Q6397, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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