Editing Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = 2012 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 04.JPG
|caption            = Fort Saint-André on Mont Andaon
|arrondissement     = Nîmes
|canton             = Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
|image coat of arms = Blason_de_la_ville_de_Villeneuve-lès-Avignon_(30).svg
|INSEE              = 30351
|postal code        = 30400
|mayor              = Pascale Bories<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = [[Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon|CA Grand Avignon]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|43.9672|4.7967|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 25
|elevation min m    = 10
|elevation max m    = 181
|area km2           = 18.27
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Villeneuve-lès-Avignon''' ({{IPA|fr|vil'nœv lez‿avi'ɲɔ̃}}; [[Provençal dialect|Provençal]]: ''Vilanòva d’Avinhon'') is a [[communes of France|commune]] in the [[Gard]] [[Departments of France|department]] in southern [[France]]. It can also be spelled ''Villeneuve-lez-Avignon''.

==History==
In the 6th century the [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] abbey of St André was founded on Mount Andaon, and the village which grew up round it took its name.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y |wstitle=Villeneuve-lès-Avignon |volume=28 |page=85}}</ref> The city itself was founded by [[Philip IV of France|Philippe le Bel]] and boasts a castle he built, [[Fort Saint-André (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon)|Fort Saint-André]].

The town was also the resort of the French [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinals]] during the sojourn of the popes at [[Avignon]], in the 14th century.<ref name="EB1911"/> Another notable tourist attraction is the [[Tour Philippe-le-Bel]], which marks the former northern terminus of the [[Pont Saint-Bénézet|Pont d'Avignon]].

==Geography==
It is located on the right (western) bank of the river [[Rhône]], opposite [[Avignon]].

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|40358|Villeneuve-lès-Avignon}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-30351#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |3300
|1800 |3297
|1806 |3279
|1821 |3232
|1831 |3564
|1836 |3633
|1841 |3671
|1846 |3723
|1851 |3733
|1856 |3252
|1861 |3162
|1866 |3067
|1872 |2730
|1876 |2910
|1881 |2630
|1886 |2644
|1891 |2622
|1896 |2735
|1901 |2922
|1906 |2890
|1911 |2709
|1921 |2561
|1926 |3035
|1931 |3635
|1936 |3740
|1946 |4399
|1954 |5157
|1962 |6422
|1968 |6977
|1975 |8540
|1982 |9282
|1990 |10730
|1999 |11791
|2007 |12644
|2012 |12232
|2017 |11698
}}

==Sights==
* [[Fort Saint-André (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon)|Fort Saint-André]], on a hill outside the town
* [[Tower of Philip the Fair|Tour Philippe Le Bel]], 14th century
* The church of Notre Dame, dating from the 14th century, contains a rich marble altar and significant pictures.<ref name="EB1911"/>
* [[Carthusians|Carthusian]] monastery Notre-Dame-du-Val-de-Bénédiction, founded in 1356 by [[Pope Innocent VI]]<ref name="EB1911"/>

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rheinbach]], [[Germany]]
* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Gytheio]], [[Greece]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[San Miniato]], [[Italy]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:TourPhilippeleBel.JPG|[[Tower of Philip the Fair|Tour Philippe Le Bel]]
File:Fort Saint-André in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon - 20050823.jpg|[[Fort Saint-André (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon)|Fort Saint-André]]
File:Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.JPG|Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
File:Collapsed apse of church, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.JPG|Collapsed apse of church, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
File:Cloister of Saint John, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.JPG|Cloister of Saint John, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
File:Chapel of the frescos, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.JPG|Chapel of the frescos, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
File:Tombeau du pape Innocent VI.jpg|Tomb of Pope [[Innocent VI]], Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Communes of the Gard department]]
* [[Pont d'Avignon]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Fabrié | first=Marie-Luce | year=2000 | contribution= La collégiale Notre-Dame de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon | title=Congrès archéologique de France - Monuments du Gard, 157e session 1999 | publisher= Société française d'archéologie | place=Paris | pages=455–465 | language=French }}
* {{cite book | last=Labande | first=M. L.-H. | year=1910 | title= Congrès archéologique de France, 76e session, 1909, Avignon. Volume 1 Guide du Congrès | chapter=Villeneuve-lez-Avignon  | place=Paris | publisher=Picard | url= http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k35679q/f252.image  | pages=129–130 | language=French }}
* {{cite book | last=Labande | first=M. L.-H. | year=1910 | title= Congrès archéologique de France, 76e session, 1909, Avignon. Volume 1 Guide du Congrès | chapter=La Collégiale de Notre-Dame  | place=Paris | publisher=Picard | url= http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k35679q/f267.image  | pages=141–144 | language=French }}
* {{cite book | last=Labande | first=M. L.-H. | year=1910 | title= Congrès archéologique de France, 76e session, 1909, Avignon. Volume 1 Guide du Congrès | chapter=La Chartreuse  | place=Paris | publisher=Picard | url= http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k35679q/f271.image  | pages=144–158 | language=French }}

==External links==
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* [http://www.villeneuvelezavignon.fr/ City council and Tourist office website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050901144522/http://www.citeroyale.com/ non official website citeroyale.com]
* [http://www.claudetravels.altervista.org/VdR/VilleneuveLesAvignon/gal.html Pictures Gallery]

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