Avignon

:For the Municipality in Quebec, see Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

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Avignon (pronounced in IPA, Proven?al: Avignoun) is a commune in southern France with some 88,300 inhabitants in the city itself and 155,500 in the Greater Avignon area.

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Avignon is situated on the left bank of the Rh?ne, in the Vaucluse d?partement, about 580 km (360 miles) south-south-east of Paris, and 85 km (55 miles ) north-north-west of Marseille. Its coordinates are .

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