Orange

Orange has 28 thousand residents¹ and is located on a small tributary² of the Rhône River in Vaucluse Department, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (Provence-Alps-Azure Coast) Region, France. UNESCO honors the Roman-era theatre, with its 103 meter facade, and triumphal arch.³

External references

Roman theatre, Orange, Vaucluse Department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Provence-Alps-Azure Coast) Region, France

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2010 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communes_in_France_with_over_20,000_inhabitants, accessed 2/9/2015.
2. La Meyne. The city's outskirts reach the south (left) bank of the Aigues, a more important tributary.
3. Information about the monuments comes from UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010).