Carpentras

Carpentras
Carpentras
Subprefecture and commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Carpentras
	Carpentras Carpentras
	Coordinates: 44°03′21″N 5°02′56″E / 44.0558°N 05.0489°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Carpentras
Intercommunality	CA Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Andrieu
Area 1	37.92 km2 (14.64 sq mi)
Population (2021)	30,769
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84031 /84200
Elevation	56–212 m (184–696 ft) ; (avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carpentras (French pronunciation: [kaʁpɑ̃tʁa], formerly [kaʁpɑ̃tʁas];^[3] Provençal Occitan: Carpentràs in classical norm or Carpentras in Mistralian norm; Latin: Carpentoracte) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

As capital of the Comtat Venaissin, it was frequently the residence of the Avignon popes; the Papal States retained possession of the Venaissin until the French Revolution. Nowadays, Carpentras is a commercial center for Comtat Venaissin and is famous for the black truffle markets held from winter to early spring.

Carpentras briefly held France's all-time high-temperature record, during the heatwave of June 2019.^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Lesaint, M.-A. (1871). Traité complet de la prononciation française dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle (in French). Mauke.
^ "France records all-time highest temperature of 45.9C". TheGuardian.com. 28 June 2019.

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Lesaint, M.-A. (1871). Traité complet de la prononciation française dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle (in French). Mauke.

[4] "France records all-time highest temperature of 45.9C". TheGuardian.com. 28 June 2019.

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