Fontaine de Vaucluse

The Fontaine de Vaucluse is a karst spring in the commune of , France. It is the largest karst spring in metropolitan France by flow and fifth largest in the world, with an annual output of 630,000,000 to 700,000,000 cubic metres of water.
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  • Spring
  • …lies at an elevation of 215 metres (705 feet)
  • Description: important spring (exsurgence) in France, source of the Sorgue river
  • Also known as
    “Vaucluse Spring”
    “Vauclusian source”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Musée Pétrarque and Château de Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.
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is a museum.
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is a ruins.
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fontaine-de-Vaucluse and Saumane-de-Vaucluse.
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is a commune in the southeastern French department of .
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is a commune in the southeastern French department of . is situated 3 km northwest of Fontaine de Vaucluse.
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is a commune in the department in the… is situated 3 km southwest of Fontaine de Vaucluse.

Fontaine de Vaucluse

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Latitude
43.91767° or 43° 55′ 4″ north
Longitude
5.13284° or 5° 7′ 58″ east
Open location code
8FM7W49M+34
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1676344039
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­spring
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2970553
Wiki­data ID
Q1816468

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Ukrainian—“Fontaine de Vaucluse” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Feunteun Vauclusa”
  • Breton: “Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • Catalan: “font de Valclusa”
  • Catalan: “Font de Valclusa”
  • Chinese: “沃克吕兹泉”
  • Czech: “Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • Dutch: “fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • Dutch: “Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • Finnish: “Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • French: “exsurgence de Fontaine-de-Vaucluse”
  • French: “fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • French: “Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • French: “source de la Sorgue”
  • Georgian: “ვოკლუზი”
  • Indonesian: “Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • Italian: “Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • Italian: “Fonte di Valchiusa”
  • Kazakh: “Воклюз”
  • Mingrelian: “ვოკლუზი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “La Fònt de Vauclusa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vauclusa”
  • Russian: “Воклюз”
  • Slovenian: “izvir v Vauclusu”
  • Slovenian: “vaucluški izvir”
  • Spanish: “Fuente de Vaucluse”
  • Ukrainian: “Воклюз”

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