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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of Southeastern
France
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Luberon
The Luberon ( or ; Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Leberon'' or ''Leberoun'' ) is a massif in central Provence in Southern France, part of the French Prealps. It has a maximum elevation of and an area of about . It is composed of three mounta ...
mountains.
History
Cavaillon was already a city in the Gallo-Roman period, and has several minor relics from that era, including a 1st century triumphal arch. Other minor relics of the Roman period have been found to the south of the town, on the site of the ancient ''Cabellio''. It was the seat of the bishops of Cavaillon from the 4th century until the French Revolution.Saint Veran was bishop here in the 6th century, and the 12th-century cathedral is dedicated to him. In the Middle Ages Cavaillon was part of the
Comtat Venaissin
The (; ; 'County of Venaissin'), often called the for short, was a part of the Papal States from 1274 to 1791, in what is now the region of Southern France.
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.
Geography
Cavaillon is part of the Regional and Natural Park of
Luberon
The Luberon ( or ; Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Leberon'' or ''Leberoun'' ) is a massif in central Provence in Southern France, part of the French Prealps. It has a maximum elevation of and an area of about . It is composed of three mounta ...
Calavon
The Calavon (; also called ''le Coulon'') is an long river in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Vaucluse '' départements'', southeastern France. Its drainage basin is .Durance locally called Coulon, flows westward through the middle of the commune.
The Durance forms the commune's south-western border.
Population
Economy
Cavaillon is famous for its
melon
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Pierre Salinger
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, press secretary to U.S. President
John F. Kennedy
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California
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, Paris bureau chief for
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Sights
* the 11th-13th century Cavaillon Cathedral
* Colline Saint-Jacques, with chapel
* Roman triumphal arch
Twin towns
*Cavaillon has been twinned with
Weinheim
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,
Germany
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Italy
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