Vaucluse (; or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 572,056 as of 2023.

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! Commune

! Population (2023)

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| Avignon

| style="text-align: center;" | 92,188

|-

| Carpentras

| style="text-align: center;" | 31,619

|-

| Orange

| style="text-align: center;" | 29,706

|-

| Cavaillon

| style="text-align: center;" | 25,636

|-

| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

| style="text-align: center;" | 20,244

|-

| Pertuis

| style="text-align: center;" | 19,548

|-

| Sorgues

| style="text-align: center;" | 19,006

|-

| Le Pontet

| style="text-align: center;" | 18,386

|}

Demographics

Population development since 1801:

Politics

Departmental Council

Following the 2021 departmental election, Dominique Santoni of The Republicans was elected President of the Departmental Council. She succeeded Maurice Chabert, who had held the office since 2015.

The Departmental Council of Vaucluse has 34 seats. The Left Front (FG) currently has 2 seats, the Socialist Party (PS) has 7, Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) has 3, the miscellaneous right (DVD) has 2, The Republicans (LR) have 10, the National Rally has 6 and a local party, the Ligue du Sud (LS), has 4.

Members of the National Assembly

2022 legislative election

In the 2022 legislative election, Vaucluse elected the following representatives to the National Assembly:

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!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member!!Party

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| Vaucluse's 1st constituency

| Joris Hébrard

| National Rally

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|

| Vaucluse's 2nd constituency

| Bénédicte Auzanot

| National Rally

|-

|

| Vaucluse's 3rd constituency

| Hervé de Lépinau

| National Rally

|-

|

| Vaucluse's 4th constituency

| Marie-France Lorho

| Ligue du Sud

|-

|

| Vaucluse's 5th constituency

| Jean-François Lovisolo

| Renaissance

|}

2017 legislative election

During the 2017 legislative election, Vaucluse elected the following representatives to the National Assembly:

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!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member!!Party

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|

| Vaucluse's 1st constituency

| Jean-François Cesarini

| La République En Marche!

|-

|

| Vaucluse's 2nd constituency

| Jean-Claude Bouchet

| The Republicans

|-

|

| Vaucluse's 3rd constituency

| Brune Poirson

| La République En Marche!

|-

|

| Vaucluse's 4th constituency

| Jacques Bompard

| League of the South

|-

|

| Vaucluse's 5th constituency

| Julien Aubert

| The Republicans

|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>On 21 July 2017, Brune Poirson resigned from office to join the Second Philippe government as Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition. She was replaced in the National Assembly by Adrien Morenas.

<nowiki>**</nowiki>Jacques Bompard resigned in August 2017 to become Mayor of Orange. He was replaced by Marie-France Lorho.

Transport

Air

Avignon–Provence Airport is the only airport in Vaucluse. However, there are no scheduled flights to and from the airport. Other nearby airports such as Marseille Provence Airport, Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport and Nice Côte d'Azur Airport are also used by air travellers from the department.

Tourism

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File:Saint-benezet in southeastern France.jpg|Pont Saint-Bénezet in Avignon

File:Brantes Vue d'ensemble 5.JPG|Brantes

File:TrBogen Orange.jpg|Triumphal Arch of Orange

File:DentelleMontmirail.jpg|Dentelles de Montmirail

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See also

  • Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department
  • Cantons of the Vaucluse department
  • Communes of the Vaucluse department

References

  • Website of the Departmental Council ()
  • Prefecture website