Avignon

Avignon Film Festival is also known as the Rencontres Cinématographiques Franco-Américain d'Avignon. The festival used to be called the French/American Film Workshop.

The siege of Avignon was the principal military action of the Albigensian Crusade of 1226. King Louis VIII of France besieged the town of Avignon, which lay within the Holy Roman Empire, from 10 June until 9 September, when it surrendered on terms.

Council of Avignon may refer to one of a number of councils of the Roman Catholic Church which were held in Avignon in France. The first reported council met in the 11th century and the final council on record was in the mid-19th century.

Arles (ancient Arelate) in the south of Roman Gaul (modern France) hosted several councils or synods referred to as Concilium Arelatense in the history of the early Christian church.

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 January 2001. Its population was 196,640 in 2015, of which 93,968 in Avignon proper.

The Siege of Avignon, in which Frankish forces led by Charles Martel beat the Umayyad garrison of Avignon and destroyed the stronghold, was contested in 737.

Montfavet is a district of the city of Avignon in the Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Avignon (, , Provençal: Avinhon (Classical norm) or Avignoun (Mistralian norm) Latin: Avenio) is a commune in south-eastern France in the department of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 90,194 inhabitants of the city (as of 2011), about 12,000 live in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval ramparts.

The canton of Avignon-Nord is a French former administrative division in the department of Vaucluse and region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.

The canton of Avignon-Ouest is a French former administrative division in the department of Vaucluse and region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.