France
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Vaucluse

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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  • Type: Spring
  • Description: important spring (exsurgence) in France, source of the Sorgue river
  • Also known as: “fontaine de Vaucluse”, “Vaucluse Spring”, and “Vauclusian source”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Musée Pétrarque and Château de Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.

Museum
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
is a museum.

Ruins
Photo: Okki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruins.

Museum
Photo: Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fontaine-de-Vaucluse and Saumane-de-Vaucluse.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the southeastern French department of . Its name comes from the spring of the same name; the name Vaucluse itself comes from the Latin phrase vallis clausa or "closed valley".

Village
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is a commune in the southeastern French department of . In 2018, it had a population of 949. It was the boyhood home of the Marquis de Sade. is situated 3 km northwest of Fontaine de Vaucluse.

Village
Photo: Ampon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in southeastern . is situated 3 km southwest of Fontaine de Vaucluse.

Fontaine de Vaucluse

Latitude
43.91767° or 43° 55′ 4″ north
Longitude
5.13284° or 5° 7′ 58″ east
Elevation
215 metres (705 feet)
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: “fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • French: “Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • French: “La Fontaine de Vaucluse”
  • 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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle and Stade de slalom Canoë-kayak.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fontaine de Vaucluse”. Photo: Kremtak, CC BY-SA 2.5.