Carpentras

Carpentras
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Carpentras
Location of Carpentras
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Carpentras is located in France
Carpentras
Carpentras
Carpentras is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Carpentras
Carpentras
Coordinates: 44°03′21″N 5°02′56″E / 44.0558°N 05.0489°E / 44.0558; 05.0489
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVaucluse
ArrondissementCarpentras
CantonCarpentras
IntercommunalityCA Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Serge Andrieu[1]
Area
1
37.92 km2 (14.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
30,769
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
84031 /84200
Elevation56–212 m (184–696 ft)
(avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carpentras (French pronunciation: [kaʁpɑ̃tʁa], formerly [kaʁpɑ̃tʁas];[3] Provençal Occitan: Carpentràs in classical norm or Carpentras in Mistralian norm; Latin: Carpentoracte) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

As capital of the Comtat Venaissin, it was frequently the residence of the Avignon popes; the Papal States retained possession of the Venaissin until the French Revolution. Nowadays, Carpentras is a commercial center for Comtat Venaissin and is famous for the black truffle markets held from winter to early spring.

Carpentras briefly held France's all-time high-temperature record, during the heatwave of June 2019.[4]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Lesaint, M.-A. (1871). Traité complet de la prononciation française dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle (in French). Mauke.
  4. ^ "France records all-time highest temperature of 45.9C". TheGuardian.com. 28 June 2019.