| LC control no. | n 80097464 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Avignon (France) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | France--Avignon |
| Variant(s) | Avenio Cavarum (France) Avenio (France) Aveniona (France) Avenionis Urbs (France) Avenneca Civitas (France) Avennica Civitas (France) Avennio (France) Avinio (France) Aviniona (France) Avinionum (France) Avinum (France) Avio (France) Aviona (France) |
| See also | Predecessor: Avignon (Papal city) |
| Special note | Old catalog heading: Avignon |
| Found in | Benoît, F. Avignon au double ... 1932. Orbis Latinus, 1972: I:191 (Avenio, Avenio Cavarum, Aveniona, Avenionensis, Avenionis urbs, Avenneca civ.,Avennica civ., Avenniensis, Avennio, Avinio, Aviniona, Avinionensis, Avinionum, Avinum, Avio, Aviona: Avignon, Hst. d. Dép. Vaucluse, Frankreich) Columbia encyc., c1993 (Avignon, capital of Vaucluse dept., SE France, on the Rhône River; located in, but never a part of, the Comtat Venaissin, it was the papal see from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of several antipopes from 1378 to 1408 during the Great Schism; Pope Clement VI bought full title to Avignon from the countess of Provence in 1348; after the Great Schism Avignon was nominally ruled by papal legates but the citizens actually governed themselves; in 1791 after a plebiscite it was incorporated into France) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 43⁰57ʹ00ʺN 004⁰49ʹ00ʺE) |
| Geographic area code | e-fr--- |
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