- Venasque
French commune
nomcommune=Venasque
View of Venasque
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Vaucluse
arrondissement=Carpentras
canton=Pernes-les-Fontaines
insee=84143
cp=84210
maire=Gaby Bezert
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=5.14722222
latitude=43.99694444
alt moy=310 m
alt mini=137 m
alt maxi=639 m
hectares=3,501
km²=35.01
sans=966
date-sans=1999
dens=27
date-dens=1999Venasque is a commune of the
Vaucluse "département", inFrance .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.ee also
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Comtat Venaissin External links
* [http://www.venasque.fr/ Town council website]
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/fisoli/venasque.htm Personal website about Venasque]
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