Vaucluse

[ voh-klyz ]

noun

1. a department in SE France. 1,382 sq. mi. (3,580 sq. km). : Avignon.

Vaucluse

/ voklyz /

noun

1. a department of SE France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Capital: Avignon. Pop: 517 810 (2003 est). Area: 3578 sq km (1395 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Thijssen had vanished after calling in the tip-off from Vaucluse, and police launched a major manhunt focussed on the cliffside suburb.

From BBC

Hating the Riviera in season, Charlie Watts rented in the Vaucluse.

From Salon

Temperatures are expected to rise to between 40 and 42 Celsius on Tuesday afternoon in the southern departments of Ardeche, Drome, Vaucluse and Gard, Meteo France said.

From Reuters

The decision to hold one of her most important rallies in a leftist stronghold, located in the Vaucluse region that tends to favor far-right candidates, encapsulates the strategy she is pursuing in the days before the election.

From Washington Post

Her narrow path to victory against the centrist Macron will depend on her ability to fight abstentionism among her most likely supporters in Vaucluse and other far-right bastions, but to also make inroads in cities like Avignon.

From Washington Post