Provençal
Provençal may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Provence, a region of France
** Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the southeast of France
** ''Provençal'', meaning the whole Occitan language
* Provenca ...
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the Metropolitan France, mainland. The main P ...
region
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in southeastern
France
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The commune is crossed by the river Sorgue.
Population
Name
The name of Althen-des-Paluds is a homage to
Jean Althen
Jean-Baptiste Joannis Althen, better simply known as Jean Althen (Hovhannès Althounian; 1709–1774), was an Armenian agronomist from Safavid Iran who developed the cultivation of madder in France.
Although the plant had been present in the regi ...
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Climate
The climate is of Mediterranean type and is characterized by rather hot and dry summers and soft winters.
The average temperatures oscillate between 0 and 30° according to the season. The record of temperature since the existence of the INRA' station is of 40,5 °C at the time of the European heat wave of 2003 on August 5 and -12,8 °C on January 5, 1985. The weather statements are done with Agroparc office of
Avignon
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...
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Nearby communes
Monteux
Monteux (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in southeastern France.
Geography
Monteux is near Carpentras, in middle of Comtat Venai ...
Bédarrides
Bédarrides (; Provençal: ''Bedarrida'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Name
The settlement is attested as ''villa Betorrida'' in 814, ''Biturrita'' in 898, ''Bistur ...
Velleron
Velleron (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Vaucluse department
The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse ...
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (, "St Saturnin near Avignon"; Provençal ) is a commune in Greater Avignon in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, la ...
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo ( ; ; or colloquially ; , ; ) is an official administrative area of Monaco, specifically the Ward (country subdivision), ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located. Informally, the name also refers to ...
,
Monaco
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, ...
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Gallery
File:Althen - Mairie.JPG, Town hall of Althen des Paluds
File:Eglise à Athen des Paluds.JPG, Church of Althen des Paluds
File:J Althen.JPG, Jean Althen Statue
See also
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Communes of the Vaucluse department
The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Vaucluse
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