Venasque
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| Commune of Venasque | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 05° 08' 50" E |
| Latitude | 43° 59' 49" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras |
| Canton | Pernes-les-Fontaines |
| Mayor | Gaby Bezert (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 137 m–639 m (avg. 310 m) |
| Land area¹ | 35.01 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
966 |
| - Density (1999) | 27/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 84143/ 84210 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Venasque is a commune of the Vaucluse département, in France.
It has many tourist atttactions, such as the nearby Mount Vaucluse, a park with several tennis courts and many open areas. It is a town on a hill, surrounded on all sides by ramparts in various states of disrepair. It is home to many notable foreigners, such as Darius Brubeck. It has a beautiful forest surrounding it, with pictaresque trails and several shepherds dwellings made out of rocks, piled together to create domed huts.
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