What is Arrondissement of Avignon?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Avignon | INSEE=842 | nbcomm=17 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Avignon]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=369.7 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Avignon 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Avignon''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Vaucluse]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Avignon]]. ==History== When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the ''arrondissement'' of Avignon was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/84his.html |title=Historique de Vaucluse |work=Le SPLAF |language=fr |access-date=9 February 2017 }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Avignon is in the northwest of the Vaucluse department. It includes the [[exclave]] of [[Canton of Valréas|Valreás]] that is to the north of the department surrounded by the [[Drôme]] department. It has the [[Arrondissement of Carpentras|Carpentras]] ''arrondissement'' to the east, the [[Arrondissement of Apt|Apt]] ''arrondissement'' to the southeast, the [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] department to the south, the [[Gard]] department to the west, the [[Ardèche]] department to the northwest and the [[Drôme]] department to the north. The ''arrondissement'' of Avignon is the smallest ''arrondissement'' of the department in area, {{Convert|923.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, but the one with more people living in it (296,303 inhabitants) and a [[Population density|density]] of {{Pop density|296303|923.7|km2|prec=1|disp=num}} inhabitants/km².<ref name=insee>{{cite web |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2525755/dep84.pdf |title=Régions, départements, a