| Althen-des-Paluds | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Althen-des-Paluds (Vaucluse).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Carpentras |
| Canton: | Monteux |
| Insee: | 84001 |
| Postal Code: | 84210 |
| Mayor: | Michel Terrisse[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Sorgues du Comtat |
| Coordinates: | 44.0056°N 4.9589°W |
| Elevation M: | 32 |
| Elevation Min M: | 27 |
| Elevation Max M: | 38 |
| Area Km2: | 6.4 |
Althen-des-Paluds (in French pronounced as /altɛ̃ de paly/; Provençal: Lei Palús or Alten) 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.
The name of Althen-des-Paluds is a homage to Jean Althen.
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.
Monteux
Bédarrides
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue
Velleron
Le Thor
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France.
Althen-des-Paluds is twinned with Monte Carlo, Monaco.