Cabrières-d'Avignon
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Commune of Cabrières-d'Avignon |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Avignon |
| Canton | L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue |
| Intercommunality | Coustellet |
| Mayor | Marie-Paule Ghiglione (2004-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 105 m–626 m (avg. 190 m) |
| Land area¹ | 14.68 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,422 |
| - Density | 96/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 84025/ 84220 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Cabrières-d'Avignon is a commune of the Vaucluse département in southern France.
[edit] History
The Château and the village were the scene of the massacre in 1644 of about 700 Vaudois, or Waldensians - a reformist group declared heretical by the Catholic church. Men, women and children were tortured and killed.
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