Villeneuve-the-Avignon

See also: Villeneuve

Villeneuve-the-Avignon (in Occitan Of Provence: Vilanòva d' Avinhon according to the traditional standard or Vilo-Novo d' Avignoun according to the Norme mistralienne) is a common French, located in the department of the Gard and the area Languedoc-Roussillon.

Geography

In the past called Villeneuve-Saint-Andre, Villeneuve-the-Avignon is a city bordering the the Rhone located in periphery of Avignon.

Denomination

The official designation, such as reserve by the geographical official Code of INSEE, is Villeneuve-the-Avignon . However, alternative name Villeneuve lez Avignon east prevails in the area, for example in all the official documents of the City like on its Web site.

A little explanations concerning these two orthographies: One writes

1 - That is to say Villeneuve-the-Avignon, with indents and grave accent, " lès" , meaning " near de" , " other côté" (of the Rhone)!

2 - That is to say Villeneuve lez Avignon, with " z" without accent nor indents: it is this orthography which was retained officially by the commune for several reasons:

- The first because it acts of another orthography coming from old French

- The second because by writing " lez" , " is removed; les" who induces a word in the plural, one thus avoids temptation to see " Avignon" affublé of the " s" at the end, which sied not with a proper name.

- The third, is related on data processing and the foreign languages: the keyboards qwerty do not have a " e" accentuated, of many languages do not use the accents, and the capital letters are written commonly without accent. To choose the denomination determined by the city thus avoids, de facto, the appearance of new orthographies!

History

At the 10th century, a Benedictine abbey dedicated to saint André is founded on the Mount-Andaon, around which an abbey borough develops. In 1292, a treaty of Paréage between the king of France Philippe Beautiful the and the abbot of Saint-Andrew envisages the construction of a Castle-extremely, the Fort Saint-Andrew, and of a tower located vis-a-vis Avignon, the Tour Philippe Beautiful the, to protect the abbey and the border from the kingdom of France. A royal country house is then created on banks of the the Rhone bearing the name of Villeneuve Saint-Andrew.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • Villeneuve-the-Avignon is classified town of art and history.
  • the Chartreuse Our-Lady-of-valley-of-Blessing.
  • the Strong Saint-Andrew and the old Benedictine abbey Saint-Andrew.
  • the Philippe Turn Beautiful the.

Personalities related to the commune

Jean Alesi (1964-) - Racing driver

See too

  • Common of Gard

External bonds

  • Page of the official site of the town of Villeneuve-lez-Avignon
  • Site of Chartreuse of Villeneuve lez Avignon/National center of the Writings of the Spectacle
  • citeroyale.com nonofficial site on the history of Villeneuve
  • Villeneuve-the-Avignon on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Villeneuve-the-Avignon on the site of INSEE
  • Villeneuve-the-Avignon on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Villeneuve-the-Avignon on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plan on Villeneuve-the-Avignon on Mapquest

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