Althen-des-Paluds (French pronunciation: [altɛ̃ de paly]; Provençal: Lei Palús or Alten) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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Coordinates: 44°00′20″N 4°57′32″E / 44.0056°N 4.9589°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Vaucluse |
Arrondissement | Carpentras |
Canton | Monteux |
Intercommunality | CA Sorgues du Comtat |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Terrisse[1] |
Area 1 | 6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,802 |
• Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 84001 /84210 |
Elevation | 27–38 m (89–125 ft) (avg. 32 m or 105 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The commune is crossed by the river Sorgue.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,173 | — |
1975 | 1,288 | +1.35% |
1982 | 1,575 | +2.92% |
1990 | 1,600 | +0.20% |
1999 | 1,988 | +2.44% |
2007 | 2,431 | +2.55% |
2012 | 2,684 | +2.00% |
2017 | 2,823 | +1.01% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
The name of Althen-des-Paluds is a homage to Jean Althen.
The climate is of Mediterranean type and is characterized by rather hot and dry summers and soft winters.
The average temperatures oscillate between 0 and 30° according to the season. The record of temperature since the existence of the INRA' station is of 40,5 °C at the time of the European heat wave of 2003 on August 5 and -12,8 °C on January 5, 1985. The weather statements are done with Agroparc office of Avignon.
Monteux
Bédarrides
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue
Velleron
Le Thor
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon
Althen-des-Paluds is twinned with Monte Carlo, Monaco.