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Comtat Venaissin

Comtat Venaissin kəNtä´ vənäsăN´ [key]orComtat,region of SE France, Vaucluse dept., comprising the territory aroundAvignon. Well-irrigated, it is a truck-farming and fruit-growing area. Comtat Venaissin was given by King Philip III to Pope Gregory X in 1274. Succeeding French kings sought to regain the region, but it remained in papal hands until 1791, when a plebiscite was held and the inhabitants voted to reunite with France. The region's historic capital wasCarpentras.

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