Comtat Venaissin

Vaucluse is a department of the Provence region of . The Vaucluse retains in part its historical identity as the Comtat Venaissin, an independent papal entity until the 1791 post-Revolutionary annexation by France.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: countship
  • Also known as: Comtat

Places of Interest

Highlights include Communauté d’agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat and Notre-Dame de l’Immaculée Conception church.

Public building
Communauté d'agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat is a communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure in the department, in the region, southeastern . is situated 4 km north of Comtat Venaissin.

Church
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
is situated 3 km southwest of Comtat Venaissin.

City gate
is a city gate, which is situated 4 km north of Comtat Venaissin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monteux and Pernes-les-Fontaines.

Town
is a commune in the department in the region in southeastern . is situated 4 km north of Comtat Venaissin.

Town
is a commune in the southeastern French department of . is situated 4½ km east of Comtat Venaissin.

Village
is a commune in the department in the region in southeastern . is situated 5 km southeast of Comtat Venaissin.

Comtat Venaissin

Latitude
44° north
Longitude
5° east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
8FP72222+22
Geo­Names ID
3024049
Wiki­data ID
Q1122980
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Comtat Venaissin” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Comtat Venaissin
  • Aragonese: Condato Venaissin
  • Aragonese: Condau Venaicin
  • Aragonese: Condau Venaissin
  • Arpitan: Comtât Venecin
  • Arpitan: Comtât Venêssin
  • Asturian: Condáu Venaissin
  • Basque: Comtat Venaicin
  • Basque: Comtat Venaissin
  • Breton: Comtat Venaissin
  • Catalan: Comtat Venaissí
  • Catalan: Comtat Venaissin
  • Catalan: Venaissin
  • Chinese: 沃奈桑伯爵領地
  • Chinese: 沃奈桑伯爵领地
  • Chinese: 韋南森地區
  • Chinese: 韦南森地区
  • Czech: Venaissinské hrabství
  • Danish: Comtat Venaissin
  • Dutch: Comtat Venaissin
  • Dutch: Graafschap Venaissin
  • Esperanto: Graflando Venaissin
  • Estonian: Comtat Venaissin
  • Finnish: Comtat Venaissin
  • French: Comtat Venaissin
  • French: Comtat-Venaissin
  • French: Comtat-Vénessin
  • German: Comtat Venaissin
  • German: Grafschaft Venaissin
  • German: Venaissin
  • Hebrew: קונטה ונסן
  • Indonesian: Comtat Venaissin
  • Italian: Comtat Venaissin
  • Italian: Contado Venassino
  • Italian: Venaissin
  • Japanese: ヴネサン伯領
  • Japanese: コンタ・ヴァネサン
  • Japanese: コンタ・ヴェネッサン
  • Japanese: コンタ・ヴネサン
  • Korean: 콩타 브네생
  • Latin: Pagus Vendascinus
  • Lithuanian: Venesenas
  • Malay: Comtat Venaissin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Comtat Venaissin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Venaissin
  • Norwegian: Venaissin
  • Occitan (post 1500): Comtat Venaicin
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Venaissin
  • Polish: Komturia Wenassyjska
  • Portuguese: Comtat Venaissin
  • Portuguese: Condado de Venasque
  • Portuguese: Condado Venaissin
  • Portuguese: Condado Venaissino
  • Russian: Венессен
  • Russian: графство Венессен
  • Russian: Конта-Венессен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Comtat Venaissin
  • Slovenian: Grofija Venaissin
  • Spanish: Comtat Venaissin
  • Spanish: Condado de Venasque
  • Spanish: Condado Venaissin
  • Swedish: Comtat Venaissin
  • Swedish: Venaissin
  • Ukrainian: Венессенське графство
  • Ukrainian: Комта Венесен
  • Venetian: Contado Venasin
  • Vietnamese: Comtat Venaissin

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Les Valayans and Althen-des-Paluds.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nesque and Sorgue.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Comtat Venaissin”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.