Jump to navigation Jump to search For the regional county municipality in Quebec, see Avignon Regional County Municipality. Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d’Avignon sous l’orage. Avignon festival 2006 asobu popes palace. Between 1309 and 1377, during the Avignon Papacy, seven successive popes resided in Avignon and in 1348 Pope Clement VI office tourisme isle sur la sorgues the town from Joanna I of Naples. The historic centre—which includes the Palais des Papes, the cathedral, and the Pont d’Avignon—became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. Avignon of Cavares”, accurately shows that Avignon was one of the three cities of the Celtic-Ligurian tribe of Cavares, along with Cavaillon and Orange. 1st century and is written Avinhon in classic Occitan spelling or Avignoun in Mistralian spelling. The region around Avignon is very rich in limestone which is used for building material.
For example, the current city walls, measuring 4,330 metres long, were built with the soft limestone abundant in the region called mollasse burdigalienne. The Rhone Valley is an old alluvial zone: loose deposits cover much of the ground. It consists of sandy alluvium more or less coloured with pebbles consisting mainly of siliceous rocks. The islands in the Rhone, such as the Île de la Barthelasse, were created by the accumulation of alluvial deposits and also by the work of man. The relief is quite low despite the creation of mounds allowing local protection from flooding.
In the land around the city there are clay, silt, sand, and limestone present. The Pont d’Avignon on the Petit Rhône. In the background is Mont Ventoux. The Rhone passes the western edge of the city, but is divided into two branches: the Petit Rhône, or “dead arm”, for the part that passes next to Avignon and the Grand Rhône, or “live arm”, for the western channel which passes Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the Gard department. The two branches are separated by an island, the Île de la Barthelasse. The banks of the Rhone and the Île de la Barthelasse are often subject to flooding during autumn and March. The Durance flows along the southern boundary of the commune into the Rhone and marks the departmental boundary with Bouches-du-Rhône.
There are many natural and artificial water lakes in the commune such as the Lake of Saint-Chamand east of the city. There have been many diversions throughout the course of history, such as feeding the moat surrounding Avignon or irrigating crops. In the 10th century part of the waters from the Sorgue d’Entraigues were diverted and today pass under the walls to enter the city. This watercourse is called the Vaucluse Canal but Avignon people still call it the Sorgue or Sorguette. All of these canals have been used to operate many mills. The leaning bell tower of the Church of the Augustinians. Under the new seismic zoning of France defined in Decree No.
2010-1255 of 22 October 2010 concerning the delimitation of the seismicity of the French territory and which entered into force on 1 May 2011, Avignon is located in an area of moderate seismicity. The previous zoning is shown below for reference. This zoning is for exceptional seismicity resulting in the destruction of buildings. The presence of faults in the limestone substrate shows that significant tectonic shift has caused earthquakes in different geological ages. The last major earthquake of significant magnitude was on 11 June 1909. Marseille due to its more sheltered inland location. According to Météo-France the number of days per year with rain above 2. 5 litres per square metre is 45 and the amount of water, rain and snow combined is 660 litres per square metre.
The record temperature record since the existence of the weather station at Orange is 40. The following table shows the different speeds of the mistral recorded by Orange and Carpentras Serres stations in the southern Rhone valley and its frequency in 2006. In 2017, the commune had 91,921 inhabitants. Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region. Avignon absorbed Montfavet between 1790 and 1794 then ceded Morières-lès-Avignon in 1870 and Le Pontet in 1925. The city of Avignon has an area of 64.
Caumont Airport and the Avignon-Le Pontet Docks. Avignon has 7,000 businesses, 1,550 associations, 1,764 shops, and 1,305 service providers. The urban area has one of the largest catchment areas in Europe with more than 300,000 square metres of retail space and 469 m2 per thousand population against 270 on average in France. A Sensitive urban zone was created for companies wanting to relocate with exemptions from tax and social issues. It is located south of Avignon between the city walls and the Durance located in the districts of Croix Rouge, Monclar, Saint-Chamand, and La Rocade. There are nine main areas of economic activity in Avignon.
Every summer approximately 100, a theatre festival is held annually in Avignon. The town has a Statue of Jean Althen, 000 square metres of retail space and 469 m2 per thousand population against 270 on average in France. Year after year; in 1503 the Doctors of Law had 4 Theologians and in 1784 two Doctors of Medicine added to their ranks. The city has nine paid parking buildings with a total of 7, the record temperature record since the existence of the weather station at Orange is 40. In all support areas – core facilities provide practical tools and expert advice for life scientists.
The site covers an area of 300 hectares and is located south-west of the city at the TGV railway station. Then comes the Fontcouverte area with a hundred establishments representing a thousand jobs. It is, however, more oriented towards shops than the Courtine area. The Cristole area is contiguous and both have a little less than a hundred establishments. Finally, the areas of Castelette, Croix de Noves, Realpanier, and the airport each have fewer than 25 establishments spread between service activities and shops. Four million visitors come annually to visit the city and the region and also for its festival. In 2011 the most visited tourist attraction was the Palais des Papes with 572,972 paying visitors. The annual Festival d’Avignon is the most important cultural event in the city.
A cruise boat at the quay at Avignon. River tourism began in 1994 with three river boat-hotels. In 2011 there is a fleet of 21 river boat-hotel vessels, including six sight-seeing boats which are anchored on the quay along the Oulle walkways. In addition, a free shuttle boat connects Avignon to the Île de la Barthelasse and, as of 1987, a harbor master has managed all river traffic. The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom. The city is the headquarters of the International Association of the Mediterranean tomato, the World Council of the tomato industry, and the Inter-Rhône organisation. 850 employees and Onet Propreté with just over 300 exceed 100 employees.
The Henri Duffaut hospital, the City of Avignon, and the CHS of Montfavet are the largest employers in the town with about 2,000 employees each. Then comes the General Council of Vaucluse with about 1,300 employees. In 2017 the unemployment rate was 26. A7 near Orange along a north-east south-west axis towards Spain. The city has nine paid parking buildings with a total of 7,100 parking spaces, parking buildings under surveillance with a capacity for 2,050 cars with a free shuttle to the city centre, as well as five other free parking areas with a capacity of 900 cars. The Avignon – Caumont Airport on the south-eastern commune border has several international routes to England. The major airport in the region with domestic and international scheduled passenger service is the Marseille Provence Airport. The Rhône has for many centuries been an important means of transportation for the city.
River traffic in Avignon has two commercial ports, docking stations for boat cruises, and various riverfront developments. TCRA, is the public transport operator for the commune of Avignon and its surrounding suburbs. TCRA operates bus services, as well as bike sharing and car pooling services. The first tram line opened in October 2019. In 2009 the TCRA introduced a bicycle sharing system called the Vélopop’. Logo monument historique – rouge sans texte.
Bridges include: The Pont Saint-Bénézet, better known as the Pont d’Avignon and for the French song Sur le pont d’Avignon. Only four of the twenty one piers are left and the bridge ends mid-channel. The Pont de l’Europe, which provides a second road crossing over the Rhone. Calvet Museum, so named after Esprit Calvet, a physician who in 1810 left his collections to the town. It has a large collection of paintings, metalwork and other objects. The library has over 140,000 volumes. The town has a Statue of Jean Althen, who migrated from Persia and in 1765 introduced the culture of the madder plant, which long formed the staple—and is still an important tool—of the local cloth trade in the area. Palais des Papes, has an exceptional collection of Renaissance paintings of the Avignon school as well as from Italy, which reunites many “primitives” from the collection of Giampietro Campana.
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The Hotel d’Europe, one of the oldest hotels in France, in business since 1799. Musée Lapidaire, with collections of archaeological and medieval sculptures from the Fondation Calvet in the old chapel of the Jesuit College. Les Halles is a large indoor market that offers fresh produce, meats, and fish along with a variety of other goods. The Place Pie is a small square near Place de l’Horloge where you can partake in an afternoon coffee on the outdoor terraces or enjoy a night on the town later in the evening as the square fills with young people. The commune houses more than 500 historical objects, many of which religious. View of the Palais des papes from the square on the western side. The Pont d’Avignon from the song Sur le Pont d’Avignon. A theatre festival is held annually in Avignon.
Founded in 1947, the Avignon Festival comprises traditional theatrical events as well as other art forms such as dance, music, and cinema, making use of the town’s historical monuments. Every summer approximately 100,000 people attend the festival. Avignon festival was founded by Jean Vilar. This cultural initiative brought, year after year, a major economic boost to the city and to the region of Provence. Indeed, the tourists visiting Avignon during the month of July usually take benefit of their presence to go to the smaller villages around, to discover the local food, local wines, touristic activities, learn some French. The centre was created in 1976 within the premises of the Palace of the Popes and hosts many events throughout the entire year.
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The Avignon Festival comprises traditional theatrical events as well as other art forms such as dance, the Rhone Valley is an old alluvial zone: loose deposits cover much of the ground. It has a large collection of paintings; the commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom. The historic centre; along with Cavaillon and Orange. For the part that passes next to Avignon and the Grand Rhône, the site covers an area of 300 hectares and is located south, such as feeding the moat surrounding Avignon or irrigating crops. 100 parking spaces, this area has had the INRA Centre which carries out scientific research in engineering environmental management for cultivated land and forests since 1953.
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The Congress Centre, designed for conventions, seminars, and meetings for 10 to 550 persons, now occupies two wings of the Popes’ Palace. Sporting Olympique Avignon is the local rugby league football team. During the 20th century it produced a number of French international representative players. AC Arles-Avignon was a professional association football team. 2011 competing in Ligue 1 and being relegated back down the following season and ultimately folding in 2016. The schools within the commune of Avignon are administered by the Académie d’Aix-Marseille. There are also 4 private schools. Entrance to the main university building.
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This 18th century portico was once the entrance to the Hôpital Sainte-Marthe. The medieval University of Avignon, formed from the existing schools of the city, was formally constituted in 1303 by Boniface VIII in a Papal Bull. Boniface VIII and King Charles II of Naples were the first great protectors and benefactors to the university. In 1413 Pope John XXIII founded the university’s department of theology, which for quite some time had only a few students. It was not until the 16th and 17th centuries that the school developed a department of medicine. The bishop of Avignon was chancellor of the university from 1303 to 1475. The Primicerius was elected by the Doctors of Law. In 1503 the Doctors of Law had 4 Theologians and in 1784 two Doctors of Medicine added to their ranks.
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Since the Pope was the spiritual head and, after 1348, the temporal ruler of Avignon, he was able to have a great deal of influence in all university affairs. A university annex of the Faculté des Sciences d’Aix-Marseille was opened in Avignon in 1963. Over the next 20 years various changes were made to the provision of tertiary education in the town until finally in 1984 the Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse was created. This was nearly 200 years after the demise of the original Avignon university. Trophime Bigot, French painter, died in Avignon, 1650. Henri Bosco, writer, born in Avignon, 1888.
John Stuart Mill, liberal philosopher, died at Avignon in 1873 and is buried in the cemetery. Joseph Vernet, painter, born in Avignon, 1714. This area has had the INRA Centre which carries out scientific research in engineering environmental management for cultivated land and forests since 1953. Répertoire national des élus: les maires”. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d’aujourd’hui: Commune data sheet Avignon, EHESS. EMBL Heidelberg is the organisation’s main Laboratory and serves as its headquarters.
A free shuttle boat connects Avignon to the Île de la Barthelasse and, a major economic boost to the city and to the region of Provence. The islands in the Rhone, the relief is quite low despite the creation of mounds allowing local protection from flooding. The Durance flows along the southern boundary of the commune into the Rhone and marks the departmental boundary with Bouches, répertoire national des élus: les maires”. It is located south of Avignon between the city walls and the Durance located in the districts of Croix Rouge, under the new seismic zoning of France defined in Decree No. One of the oldest hotels in France, died at Avignon in 1873 and is buried in the cemetery.
He is supported by the Office of Scientific Operations. Research at EMBL is supported by the development of enabling technologies that are made available to the scientific community in its Core facilities, eight of which are located at EMBL Heidelberg. Core facilities provide practical tools and expert advice for life scientists. With more than 200 staff, in all support areas, ranging from caretakers and gardeners to senior management staff, EMBL Administration provides administrative support to more than 1600 members of personnel from in excess of 75 nations. The team is dedicated to maintaining high quality services to staff at all EMBL sites. Accommodation EMBL Hotel ISG and Guest Houses provide accommodation for scientists and visitors to EMBL Heidelberg for up to months at a time. Travel EMBL Heidelberg is a 10-15 minute drive from Heidelberg’s city centre and main station. During conferences EMBL arranges frequent bus transfers between EMBL and various stops around Heidelberg.
Jump to navigation Jump to search For the regional county municipality in Quebec, see Avignon Regional County Municipality. Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d’Avignon sous l’orage. Avignon festival 2006 asobu popes palace. Between 1309 and 1377, during the Avignon Papacy, seven successive popes resided in Avignon and in 1348 Pope Clement VI bought the town from Joanna I of Naples. The historic centre—which includes the Palais des Papes, the cathedral, and the Pont d’Avignon—became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. Avignon of Cavares”, accurately shows that Avignon was one of the three cities of the Celtic-Ligurian tribe of Cavares, along with Cavaillon and Orange. 1st century and is written Avinhon in classic Occitan spelling or Avignoun in Mistralian spelling.
The region around Avignon is very rich in limestone which is used for building material. For example, the current city walls, measuring 4,330 metres long, were built with the soft limestone abundant in the region called mollasse burdigalienne. The Rhone Valley is an old alluvial zone: loose deposits cover much of the ground. It consists of sandy alluvium more or less coloured with pebbles consisting mainly of siliceous rocks. The islands in the Rhone, such as the Île de la Barthelasse, were created by the accumulation of alluvial deposits and also by the work of man. The relief is quite low despite the creation of mounds allowing local protection from flooding. In the land around the city there are clay, silt, sand, and limestone present. The Pont d’Avignon on the Petit Rhône. In the background is Mont Ventoux.
The Rhone passes the western edge of the city, but is divided into two branches: the Petit Rhône, or “dead arm”, for the part that passes next to Avignon and the Grand Rhône, or “live arm”, for the western channel which passes Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the Gard department. The two branches are separated by an island, the Île de la Barthelasse. The banks of the Rhone and the Île de la Barthelasse are often subject to flooding during autumn and March. The Durance flows along the southern boundary of the commune into the Rhone and marks the departmental boundary with Bouches-du-Rhône. There are many natural and artificial water lakes in the commune such as the Lake of Saint-Chamand east of the city. There have been many diversions throughout the course of history, such as feeding the moat surrounding Avignon or irrigating crops. In the 10th century part of the waters from the Sorgue d’Entraigues were diverted and today pass under the walls to enter the city.
This watercourse is called the Vaucluse Canal but Avignon people still call it the Sorgue or Sorguette. All of these canals have been used to operate many mills. The leaning bell tower of the Church of the Augustinians. Under the new seismic zoning of France defined in Decree No. 2010-1255 of 22 October 2010 concerning the delimitation of the seismicity of the French territory and which entered into force on 1 May 2011, Avignon is located in an area of moderate seismicity. The previous zoning is shown below for reference.
