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:''para keng Balen king Quebec, lawen ye ing [[Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec]].''
{{French commune 
|native_name= Ville d'Avignon
|common_name= Avignon
|image_flag= Avignonflag.png|border=1px
|image_flag_size= 120px
|image_coat_of_arms= Avignon_coat_of_arms.jpg
|image_coat_of_arms_size  = 90px
|flag_legend= City flag
|Coat_of_arms_legend= City coat of arms
|image_map = France_jms.png
|x = 188
|y = 208
|time zone = CET <small>(GMT +1)</small>
|région=[[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] |
département=[[Vaucluse]] (''[[préfecture]]'')| 
arrondissement=Avignon |
canton=Chief town of 4 cantons |
insee=84007 |cp= 84000|
maire= [[Marie-Josée Roig]]|mandat=[[2001]]-[[2008]] 
|party = [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
|intercomm= [[Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon|Communauté<br />d'agglomération<br />du Grand Avignon]]|
lat_long={{coor dms|43|56|58|N|04|48|32|E}}|
alt moy=23 m |alt mini=10 m |alt maxi=122 m |
hectares=6,478 |
km²=64.78 |
sans= 85,935|
date-sans=1999 |
dens=1,326 |
date-dens=1999}}
Ing '''Avignon''' ({{IPA|/aviɲɔ̃/}} king [[French language|French]]) ([[Provençal language|Provençal]] [[Occitan language|Occitan]]: ''Avinhon'' king kamulatang pamanyabi o kaya ''Avignoun'' king Mistralian norm) metung yang [[Communes of France|''commune'']] king mauling [[France]] a mika populasyun a mga  89,300 inyang mga kalibudatang-2004 king mismung lakanbalen at populasyun a 290,466 king [[aire urbaine|metropolitan area]] inyang [[1999]] sensus.
=== Avignon at ding kayang Papa ===
{{main|Avignon Papacy}}
[[File:Avignon-palais.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Pope Paul V|Paul V]]'s coat-of-arms on the ''Palais des papes'']]
[[File:Notre_Dame_des_doms.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The [[Notre Dame des Doms]] cathedral is located in the heart of Avignon, near the [[Palais des Papes]].]]
Seven popes resided there:
* [[Papa Clement V]]
* [[Papa Juan XXII]]
* [[Papa Benedict XII]]
* [[Papa Clement VI]]
* [[Papa Innocent VI]]
* [[Papa Urban V]]
* [[Papa Gregory XI]]
== Kasusug Kilwal ==
* [http://www.ot-avignon.fr Tourist office website] {{Wayback|url=http://www.ot-avignon.fr/ |date=20070210223603 }}
* [http://www.avignon.fr/en/ City council website] {{Wayback|url=http://www.avignon.fr/en/ |date=20070211231353 }}
* [http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~rebert/photos/Motorradtour%202006/index.html Photos of Avignon]
* [http://www.festival-avignon.com/ Avignon theater festival website]
* [http://www.avignonfilmfest.com Avignon/New York & Avignon film festivals website] {{Wayback|url=http://www.avignonfilmfest.com/ |date=20071023040249 }}
* [http://www.univ-avignon.fr/ University of Avignon website]
* [http://provence.forumforus.com/Map_of_Avignon Street map of Avignon] {{Wayback|url=http://provence.forumforus.com/Map_of_Avignon |date=20070217051924 }}
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* [http://www.socher.org/gallery2/v/France20052006/200604Avignon/ 91 photos of Avignon] {{Wayback|url=http://www.socher.org/gallery2/v/France20052006/200604Avignon/ |date=20070208130742 }}
* [http://sites-of-memory.de/main/avignonmemorial.html War memorial in Avignon at "Sites of Memory"]

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