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Carpentras
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Carpentras

French town in the département of Vaucluse, on the River Auzun, and on the Carpentras Canal, 21 km/13 mi northeast of Avignon; population (1990) 24,200. It has a textile industry, tourism, and an important market for fruit and vegetables. Carpentras has a late-Gothic church (1405-1519), an 18th-century synagogue, and an 18th-century aqueduct. There is also a Roman triumphal arch.

Carpentras was the capital of the former province of Comtat Venaissin.



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