The river Nesque (French: ''La Nesque'') is a river in

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the France–Italy border, Italian border ...

(

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). It flows through

Vaucluse Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label=Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.Vaucluse Mountains The Vaucluse Mountains (French: ''Monts de Vaucluse'') are a mountain range of the French Prealps located in the departement of Vaucluse, between the Luberon Massif and Mont Ventoux Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label=Provençal ) is a mountai ...

and plains of

Comtat Venaissin The Comtat Venaissin (; Provençal: , Mistralian norm: , classical norm: ; 'County of Venaissin'), often called the for short, was a part of the Papal States (1274‒1791) in what is now the region of France. The entire region was an enclave ...

. A tributary of the Sorgue de Velleron, it is long. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Nesque (La)
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Communes crossing

Aurel Aurel may refer to: Places * Aurel, Drôme, France * Aurel, Vaucluse, France Other uses * Aurel (given name) * Aurel Awards The Aurel Awards were Slovak music accolades presented by ''Slovenská národná skupina Medzinárodnej federáci ...

* Méthamis * Blauvac * Malemort-du-Comtat * Venasque * Saint-Didier *

Pernes-les-Fontaines Pernes-les-Fontaines (; officially Pernes until 1936; Occitan: ''Pèrnas dei Fònts'' or simply ''Pèrnas'') is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2019, it had a population of 10,170. Its inhabitants are called ''P ...

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{{Commons category, Nesque River Rivers of Vaucluse Rivers of France Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur