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    The Comtat Venaissin (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ta vənɛsɛ̃]; Occitan: lo Comtat Venaicin; 'County of Venaissin'), often called the Comtat for short, was...
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    municipal government of Avignon and the more conservative Comtat Venaissin, the larger county (comtat) which co-existed with Avignon and still pledged loyalty...
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    Protestant rebel leader Montbrun attempted to undertake an invasion of the 'Comtat Venaissin' a Papal territory within the borders of France. In service of this...
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    V was accepted by all. Avignon and the small enclave to the east (Comtat Venaissin) remained part of the Papal States until 1791 when, under pressure...
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    down and depart from the Comtat Venaissin. In June, Crussol asserted that he no longer had any role to play in the Comtat Venaissin and could not be held...
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  • opinions of the people in the Papal territories of Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin with respect to union with France. Of the 98 municipalities, 52 voted...
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    of France, though they are currently parts of Metropolitan France: Comtat Venaissin, a Papal fief (Avignon) County of Saarwerden Principality of Salm-Salm...
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    During this period the city of Avignon itself and the surrounding Comtat Venaissin was added to the Papal States; it remained a papal possession for some...
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    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...
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    city of Avignon, and surrounded by the independent papal state of Comtat Venaissin. It was constituted in 1163, when Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I elevated...
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    the department of Vaucluse crowned its own representative as Miss Comtat Venaissin, although the department was absorbed into Miss Provence the following...
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    Vaucluse Communauté d'agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin Communauté de communes Aygues Ouvèze en Provence...
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    and the reunion of Comtat Venaissin with the kingdom of France following a referendum submitted to the inhabitants of the Comtat. On the night of 16...
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  • written by Jews in the South of France, and more specifically in the Comtat Venaissin area. In many recent secondary sources, Judeo-Provençal has been mistakenly...
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    (2018). "A New Seat for the Papacy: Benedict XII, Avignon, and the Comtat Venaissin". In Bueno, Irene (ed.). Pope Benedict XII (1334–1342): The Guardian...
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    Rhône named for it and the town of Donzère. It was once part of the Comtat Venaissin, an exclave of the Papal States. The coat of arms depicts a globus...
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  • Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Carpentras. It...
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    Arles. The bishop was a major figure in the Comtat Venaissin, and a member of the Estates of the Comtat. He was a direct appointee of the pope. The first...
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    The grand tour of France was a royal progress around France by Charles IX of France, set up by his mother Catherine de' Medici to show him his kingdom...
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  • Monteux. Its name refers to the branches of the river Sorgue and the Comtat Venaissin. Its area is 154.7 km2. Its population was 50,165 in 2019. The communauté...
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    Agenais. In accordance with the wishes of Alphonse, Philip granted the Comtat Venaissin to Pope Gregory X in 1274. Several years later the Treaty of Amiens...
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    capital of the Comtat Venaissin, which became a possession of the Holy See in 1271. In 1320 Venasque was replaced as capital of the Comtat by Carpentras...
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    two territories that had earlier formed part of Provence, i.e., the Comtat Venaissin, centered on Avignon which was ruled by the pope from the 13th century...
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    road from Avignon. The town is located in the heart of the former Comtat Venaissin, near the south side of Mont Ventoux. Mazan is home to one of the châteaux...
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    had been planned for Montpellier but Crussol was on campaign in the Comtat Venaissin and therefore it had to be moved. While Crussol had received an unsigned...
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    County of Burgundy Comtat Venaissin Principality of Orange County of Savoy...
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  • and advocates of the reunion of the papal enclave of Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin with the state of France. With the opening events of the Revolution...
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    territory. Its acquisitions in this period included: Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin (1791) ; The Duchy of Savoy (1792); The County of Nice and several...
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  • Roussillon The County of Marche, Béarn, the County of Foix and subsequently Comtat Venaissin and the County of Nice lost their autonomy Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
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    reasons for the breach was the seizure by the revolutionaries of the Comtat Venaissin, ending 516 years of Papal rule in Avignon. King Louis XVI of France...
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