Avignon
in Vaucluse of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, France
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Avignon-Caumont Airport (5 mi) - Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport (24 mi)
- Alès-Deaux Airport (34 mi)
- Marseille Provence Airport (41 mi)
- Montélimar - Ancône Airport (44 mi)
- Aubenas-Ardèche Méridional Airport (46 mi)
- Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (49 mi)
- Valence-Chabeuil Airport (68 mi)
- Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (122 mi)
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Geneva Cointrin International Airport (170 mi)
- Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (Unesco heritage, 0 mi)
- Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (Unesco heritage, 13 mi)
- Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (Unesco heritage, 14 mi)
- Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (Unesco heritage, 21 mi)
- Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche (Unesco heritage, 36 mi)
- The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape (Unesco heritage, 69 mi)
- Tour de guet de Calès (observation point, (22 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 43.948 and 4.809 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 43° 56' 54" and E 4° 48' 32"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- French, Breton, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Occitan
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:17 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Paris
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:58 am and 5:03 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to France.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning France. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Avignon
Avignon in Vaucluse (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region) with it's 89,769 inhabitants is a city in France about 359 mi (or 577 km) south of Paris, the country's capital.
Local time in Avignon is now 07:17 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / Paris with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the vicinity of Avignon, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in France is Avignon-Caumont Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 9 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in France is Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge in a distance of 0 mi (or 1 km), North-West. We found 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Carpentras, Arles, Istres, Nimes and Nyons. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 54 °F
| Morning Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 59% |
| Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 17 km/h (11 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 9% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Wednesday, 4th of December 2024
9°C (48 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Broken clouds, strong breeze.
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
8°C (46 °F)
5°C (40 °F)
Scattered clouds, strong breeze.
Friday, 6th of December 2024
10°C (51 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
La Mirande
La Mirande
De L'Horloge
Avignon Grand Hotel
Cloitre Saint Louis
Hôtel Mercure Avignon Centre Palais des Papes
Hôtel Mercure Pont d'Avignon Centre
Hôtel Médieval
ibis Avignon Centre Gare
Bristol Hotel
Videos from this area
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JE SUIS CHARLIE AVIGNON 2015
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Compilation départs sapeurs-pompiers d'Avignon (84)
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'L'autre Rome les palais des papes d'Avignon' [Jacques Malaterre,documentaire]
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Avignon Motor Festival 2014
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Palais des Papes
The Palais des Papes (lo Palais dei Papas in Occitan) is a historical palace in Avignon, southern France, one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. One time fortress and palace, the papal residence was the seat of Western Christianity during the 14th century.
Pont Saint-Bénezet
The Pont Saint-Bénezet, also known as the Pont d'Avignon, is a famous medieval bridge in the town of Avignon, in southern France.
Avignon Cathedral
Avignon Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d'Avignon) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in Avignon, above the Palais des Papes. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Avignon. The cathedral is a Romanesque building, mainly of the 12th century, the most prominent feature of which is the gilded statue of the Virgin Mary which surmounts the western tower.
University of Avignon
The University of Avignon is a French university, based in Avignon. It is under the Academy of Aix and Marseille.
Musée Requien
Musée Requien or Museum Requien is a natural history museum in Avignon, France. Some of Jean Henri Fabre's work is displayed here.
Fondation Calvet
La Fondation Calvet is an art foundation in Avignon, France, named for Esprit Calvet, who left his collections and library to it in 1810. The foundation maintains a museum and a library, with state support. The original legacies of paintings, archaeological items, coins and medals, and medieval sculpture have been added to by many other legacies, and a significant deposit of works of art from the Louvre.
Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon
The Musée du Petit Palais is a museum and art gallery in Avignon, southern France. It opened in 1976 and has an exceptional collection of Renaissance paintings of the Avignon school as well as from Italy, which reunites many "primitives" from the collection of Giampietro Campana. It is housed in a 14th century building at the north side of the square overlooked by the Palais des Papes.
Gare d'Avignon-Centre
The Gare d'Avignon-Centre (Avignon Central railway station) is a railway station serving the city of Avignon, in Vaucluse, France. It is situated on the Paris–Marseille railway.
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