Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Commune
Fort Saint-André on Mont Andaon
Coat of arms
Location of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
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Coordinates: 43°58′02″N 4°47′48″E / 43.9672°N 4.7967°E / 43.9672; 4.7967
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Intercommunality	CA Grand Avignon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascale Bories[1]
Area 1	18.27 km2 (7.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	12,617
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30351 /30400
Elevation	10–181 m (33–594 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (French pronunciation: [vil'nœv lez‿avi'ɲɔ̃]; Provençal: Vilanòva d’Avinhon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It can also be spelled Villeneuve-lez-Avignon.

In the 6th century the Benedictine abbey of St André was founded on Mount Andaon, and the village which grew up round it took its name.^[3] The city itself was founded by Philippe le Bel and boasts a castle he built, Fort Saint-André.

The town was also the resort of the French cardinals during the sojourn of the popes at Avignon, in the 14th century.^[3]

It is located on the right (western) bank of the river Rhône, opposite Avignon.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,300 —     1800 3,297 −0.01% 1806 3,279 −0.09% 1821 3,232 −0.10% 1831 3,564 +0.98% 1836 3,633 +0.38% 1841 3,671 +0.21% 1846 3,723 +0.28% 1851 3,733 +0.05% 1856 3,252 −2.72% 1861 3,162 −0.56% 1866 3,067 −0.61% 1872 2,730 −1.92% 1876 2,910 +1.61% 1881 2,630 −2.00% 1886 2,644 +0.11% 1891 2,622 −0.17% 1896 2,735 +0.85%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,922 +1.33% 1906 2,890 −0.22% 1911 2,709 −1.29% 1921 2,561 −0.56% 1926 3,035 +3.45% 1931 3,635 +3.67% 1936 3,740 +0.57% 1946 4,399 +1.64% 1954 5,157 +2.01% 1962 6,422 +2.78% 1968 6,977 +1.39% 1975 8,540 +2.93% 1982 9,282 +1.20% 1990 10,730 +1.83% 1999 11,791 +1.05% 2007 12,644 +0.88% 2012 12,232 −0.66% 2017 11,698 −0.89%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

• Fort Saint-André, on a hill outside the town
• Tour Philippe Le Bel, 14th century
• The church of Notre Dame, dating from the 14th century, contains a rich marble altar and significant pictures.^[3]
• Carthusian monastery Notre-Dame-du-Val-de-Bénédiction, founded in 1356 by Pope Innocent VI^[3]

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is twinned with:

• Rheinbach, Germany
• Gytheio, Greece
• San Miniato, Italy

• 
  Tour Philippe Le Bel
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  Fort Saint-André
• 
  Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
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  Collapsed apse of church, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
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  Cloister of Saint John, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
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  Chapel of the frescos, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction
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  Tomb of Pope Innocent VI, Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction

• Communes of the Gard department
• Pont d'Avignon

• Fabrié, Marie-Luce (2000). "La collégiale Notre-Dame de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon". Congrès archéologique de France - Monuments du Gard, 157e session 1999 (in French). Paris: Société française d'archéologie. pp. 455–465.
• Labande, M. L.-H. (1910). "Villeneuve-lez-Avignon". Congrès archéologique de France, 76e session, 1909, Avignon. Volume 1 Guide du Congrès (in French). Paris: Picard. pp. 129–130.
• Labande, M. L.-H. (1910). "La Collégiale de Notre-Dame". Congrès archéologique de France, 76e session, 1909, Avignon. Volume 1 Guide du Congrès (in French). Paris: Picard. pp. 141–144.
• Labande, M. L.-H. (1910). "La Chartreuse". Congrès archéologique de France, 76e session, 1909, Avignon. Volume 1 Guide du Congrès (in French). Paris: Picard. pp. 144–158.

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