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 Location of Vaucluse in France | |
| Coordinates: 44°00′N 05°10′E / 44.000°N 5.167°ECoordinates: 44°00′N 05°10′E / 44.000°N 5.167°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Département | 4 March 1790 |
| Prefecture | Avignon |
| Subprefectures | Apt, Carpentras |
| Government | |
| • President | Maurice Chabert |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,567.3 km2 (1,377.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 554,374 |
| • Rank | 48th |
| • Density | 155.4044/km2 (402.495/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-84 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 151 |
| Website | http://www.vaucluse.fr/ |
The Vaucluse (Occitan: Vauclusa) is a department in the southeast of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its prefecture is Avignon.
It is named after a famous spring, in the commune Fontaine-de-Vaucluse. The name Vaucluse comes from the Latin Vallis Clausa ("closed valley") as the valley here ends in a cliff from which rises a spring.
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