Venasque

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Coordinates: 43°59′49″N 5°08′50″E / 43.99694444, 5.14722222

Administration
Commune of Venasque View of Venasque
Location

Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Pernes-les-Fontaines
Mayor	Gaby Bezert (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	137 m–639 m (avg. 310 m)
Land area^¹	35.01 km²
Population^² (1999)	966
- Density	27/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	84143/ 84210
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.

Venasque is a commune of the Vaucluse département, in France.

It has many tourist attractions, such as the nearby Mount Vaucluse, a park with several tennis courts and many open areas. It is a town on a hill, surrounded on all sides by ramparts in various states of disrepair. It is home to many notable foreigners, such as Darius Brubeck. It has a beautiful forest surrounding it, with picturesque trails and several shepherds dwellings made out of rocks, piled together to create domed huts.