Avignon-Le Pontet Penitentiary Center

Avignon-Le Pontet Penitentiary Center is a prison in Le Pontet, Arrondissement of Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur which is located on Rue Panisset. Avignon-Le Pontet Penitentiary Center is situated nearby to the sports venue Terrains de Sport Décathlon le Pontet, as well as near the police station Gendarmerie nationale.

Type: Prison
Also known as: “Centre pénitentiaire d’Avignon-le Pontet” and “centre pénitentiaire du Pontet”
Address: 90 Rue Panisset, Le Pontet, 84135

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hippodrome Roberty and Église du Pontet.

Hippodrome Roberty

Sports venue

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Hippodrome Roberty is a sports venue, which is situated 520 metres east of Avignon-Le Pontet Penitentiary Center.

Église du Pontet

Church

Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.

Église du Pontet is a church, which is situated 730 metres south of Avignon-Le Pontet Penitentiary Center.

Town hall of Le Pontet

Town hall

Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.

Town hall of Le Pontet is situated 1 km south of Avignon-Le Pontet Penitentiary Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vedène and Sorgues.

Vedène is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. A northeastern suburb of Avignon, its historical town centre is dominated by the 12th-century Château de Vedène, known locally as the Château des Seigneurs. Vedène is situated 3½ km east of Avignon-Le Pontet Penitentiary Center.

Sorgues

Town

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Sorgues is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. The river Ouvèze, a tributary of the Rhône, as well as its tributary Sorgue, which begins at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, run through the commune. Sorgues is situated 4 km north of Avignon-Le Pontet Penitentiary Center.