Vaucluse

Vaucluse Vauclusa (Occitan)
Department
From top down, left to right: prefecture building and Palais des Papes in Avignon, Gordes (considered one of the most beautiful villages of France), Sénanque Abbey, Sorgue River and Nesque River
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Vaucluse in France
Coordinates: 44°00′N 05°10′E / 44.000°N 5.167°E / 44.000; 5.167
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Prefecture	Avignon
Subprefectures	Apt Carpentras
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Dominique Santoni (LR)
Area 1
• Total	3,520 km2 (1,360 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	564,566
• Rank	47th
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	84
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	17
Communes	151
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Vaucluse (French: [voklyz]; Provençal: Vauclusa (Classical norm) or Vau-Cluso (Mistralian norm)) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.^[2] The department's prefecture is Avignon.

It is named after a spring, the Fontaine de Vaucluse, one of the largest karst springs in the world. The name Vaucluse itself derives from the Latin Vallis Clausa ("closed valley") as the valley ends in a cliff face from which the spring emanates.