Althen-des-Paluds

Althen-des-Paluds
Althen-des-Paluds
Commune
	The town hall of Althen-des-Paluds
	Coat of arms
	Location of Althen-des-Paluds
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	Coordinates: 44°00′20″N 4°57′32″E / 44.0056°N 4.9589°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Monteux
Intercommunality	Les Sorgues du Comtat
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Michel Terrisse
Area 1	6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,802
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84001 /84210
Elevation	27–38 m (89–125 ft) ; (avg. 32 m or 105 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Althen-des-Paluds is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

The commune is crossed by the river Sorgue.

Name of the city

The name of Althen-des-Paluds is a homage to Jean Althen.

Climate

The climate is of Mediterranean type and is characterized by rather hot and dry summers and soft winters.

The average temperatures oscillate between 0 and 30° according to the season. The record of temperature since the existence of the INRA' station is of 40,5 °C at the time of the European heat wave of 2003 on August 5 and -12,8 °C on January 5, 1985. The weather statements are done with Agroparc office of Avignon.