Althen-des-Paluds

Althen-des-Paluds
The town hall of Althen-des-Paluds The town hall of Althen-des-Paluds
Coat of arms of Althen-des-Paluds Coat of arms
Althen-des-Paluds
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Althen-des-Paluds
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Carpentras-Sud
Intercommunality	Les Sorgues du Comtat
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Lucien Stanzione
Area1	6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,410
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	84001 / 84210
Elevation	27–38 m (89–125 ft) (avg. 32 m or 105 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Althen-des-Paluds is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

The commune is crossed by the river Sorgue.

Name of the city

The name of Althen-des-Paluds is a homage to Jean Althen.

Climate

The climate is of Mediterranean type and is characterized by rather hot and dry summers and soft winters.

The average temperatures oscillate between 0 and 30° according to the season. The record of temperature since the existence of the INRA' station is of 40,5°C at the time of the European heat wave of 2003 on August 5 and -12,8°C on January 5, 1985. The weather statements are done with Agroparc office of Avignon.

Nearby Cities

Monteux
Bédarrides
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue
Velleron
Le Thor
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns — Sister cities

Althen-des-Paluds is twinned with:

• Monte Carlo, Monaco

Gallery

• Althen - Mairie.JPG

  Town hall of Althen des Paluds

• Eglise à Athen des Paluds.JPG

  Church of Althen des Paluds

• J Althen.JPG

  Jean Althen Statue

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department

References

• INSEE