Grand Avignon (full name Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon ) is the communauté d'agglomération , an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Avignon . It is located in the Vaucluse and the Gard departments , in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Occitanie regions , southern France . It was created in December 2000. Its area is 302.6 km. Its population was 197,102 in 2022, of which 91,729 in Avignon proper.
7-496: The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 16 communes (of which 7 in the Gard department): 43°57′N 4°49′E / 43.95°N 4.81°E / 43.95; 4.81 This article related to geography of France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Geography of France The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in
14-707: Is relatively large and so it climate is not uniform and gives rise to the following climate nuances: Climate change in France includes above average heating. Irrigated land: 26,420 km (2007) Total renewable water resources: 211 km (2011) Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): 31.62 km /yr (19%/71%/10%) (512.1 m /yr per capita) (2009) Coal , iron ore , bauxite , zinc , uranium , antimony , arsenic , potash , feldspar , fluorspar , gypsum , timber , fish , gold , clay , petroleum , silver Flooding, Hailstorms, avalanches , midwinter windstorms, drought , forest fires in
21-604: The Alsace-Ardennes area. The Ardennes Forest was the scene of extensive fighting in both world wars. The northcentral part of the region is dominated by the Paris Basin , which consists of a layered sequence of sedimentary rocks . Fertile soils over much of the area make good agricultural land. The Normandy coast to the northwest is characterized by high, chalk cliffs, while the Brittany coast (the peninsula to
28-525: The Pyrenees Mountains where bears live as a protected species. Smaller animals include martens , wild pigs, foxes, weasels , bats, rodents, rabbits, and assorted birds. By the 15th century, France had largely been denuded of its forests and was forced to rely on Scandinavia and their North American colonies for lumber. Significant remaining forested areas are in the Gascony region and north in
35-703: The north and the west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees ) and the east (the country's highest points being in the Alps ). Metropolitan France has a total size of 551,695 km (213,011 sq mi) (Europe only). It is the third-largest country in Europe by area (after Russia and Ukraine ) and the largest in Western Europe . Metroplitan France's territory
42-718: The south near the Mediterranean The region that now comprises France consisted of open grassland during the Pleistocene Ice Age. France gradually became forested as the glaciers retreated starting in 10,000 BC, but clearing of theoe primeval forests began in Neolithic times. These forests were still fairly extensive until the medieval era. In prehistoric times, France was home to large predatory animals such as wolves and brown bears, as well as herbivores such as elk. The larger fauna have disappeared outside
49-494: The west) is highly indented in places that deep valleys were drowned by the sea, and the Biscay coast to the southwest is marked by flat, sandy beaches. A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 1,433 km of tidal flats in France, making it the 23rd ranked country in terms of tidal flat area. France has several levels of internal divisions. The first-level administrative division of Metropolitan France
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