Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (Vaucluse).svg |
Arrondissement: | Avignon |
Canton: | Le Pontet |
Insee: | 84119 |
Postal Code: | 84450 |
Mayor: | Serge Malen[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA du Grand Avignon |
Demonym: | Saint-Saturninois |
Coordinates: | 43.9575°N 4.9308°W |
Elevation M: | 53 |
Elevation Min M: | 34 |
Elevation Max M: | 117 |
Area Km2: | 6.25 |
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (pronounced as /fr/, "St Saturnin near Avignon"; Provençal oc|Sant Savornin d'Avinhon) is a commune in Greater Avignon in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2021, it had a population of 5,119.
The poet Jean Tortel (1904–1993) was born in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon.
To differentiate the commune's inhabitants from those of Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt to the east, the first are called Saint-Saturninois (masculine) and Saint-Saturninoises (feminine) in French, whereas the latter are called Saturninois (masculine) and Saturninoises (feminine).