Vaucluse

Vaucluse
Department
Prefecture building of the Vaucluse department, in Avignon
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Vaucluse in France
Coordinates: 44°00′N 05°10′E / 44.000°N 5.167°E / 44.000; 5.167
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Département	4 March 1790
Prefecture	Avignon
Subprefectures	Apt, Carpentras
Government [1]
• President	Maurice Chabert
Area [2]
• Total	3,567.3 km2 (1,377.3 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[3]
• Total	554,374
• Rank	48th
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Demonym	Vauclusiens
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-84
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	17
Communes	151
Website	http://www.vaucluse.fr/

The Vaucluse (Occitan: Vauclusa) is a department in the southeast of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its prefecture is Avignon.

It is named after a famous spring, in the commune Fontaine-de-Vaucluse. The name Vaucluse comes from the Latin Vallis Clausa ("closed valley") as the valley here ends in a cliff from which rises a spring.

1. ↑ "Organigramme des élus". Conseil départemental de Vaucluse (in French). Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
2. ↑ "Département du Vaucluse (84)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
3. ↑ "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 February 2017.