Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
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The village of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, with the river in the foreground | |
Location of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse | |
| Coordinates: 43°55′23″N 5°07′37″E / 43.9231°N 5.127°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Avignon |
| Canton | L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue |
| Intercommunality | Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patricia Philip |
Area 1 | 7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 576 |
| • Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 84139 /84800 |
| Elevation | 68–652 m (223–2,139 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn də voklyz]; Occitan: La Fònt de Vauclusa or simply Vauclusa) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. Its name comes from the spring of the same name; the name Vaucluse itself comes from the Latin phrase vallis clausa or "closed valley".