Le Thor

Le Thor
Le Thor
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Le Thor
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	Coordinates: 43°55′48″N 4°59′42″E / 43.93°N 4.995°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Avignon
Canton	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Intercommunality	Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Olivier
Area 1	35.53 km2 (13.72 sq mi)
Population (2006)	7,834
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84132 /84250
Elevation	38–111 m (125–364 ft) ; (avg. 53 m or 174 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Thor is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

It has an attractive Romanesque church, Notre-Dame-du-Lac.

Notable residents

Alexey Brodovitch Famous Graphic Designer of Russian Descent.
Pierre Salinger (1925-2004), a White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, lived in "La Bastide rose" until his death.