Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt

Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt Sant Savornin d'Ate (Occitan)
Commune
A view of the village perché, April 2019
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt
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Coordinates: 43°56′42″N 5°23′04″E / 43.945°N 5.3844°E / 43.945; 5.3844
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Apt
Canton	Apt
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Bellot[1]
Area 1	75.79 km2 (29.26 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	3,004
• Density	39.64/km2 (102.7/sq mi)
Demonym	Saturninois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84118 /84490
Elevation	217–1,093 m (712–3,586 ft) (avg. 411 m or 1,348 ft)
Website	www.saintsaturninlesapt.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ satyʁnɛ̃ lɛ.z‿apt], lit. "St Saturnin near Apt"; Provençal Occitan: Sant Savornin d'Ate, before 1987: Saint-Saturnin d'Apt)^[3] is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

Population

To differentiate the commune's inhabitants from those of Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon to the west, the first are called Saturninois (masculine) and Saturninoises (feminine) in French, whereas the latter are called Saint-Saturninois (masculine) and Saint-Saturninoises (feminine).

Twin towns

• Castelfranco di Sopra, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department
• Luberon

Gallery

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  Chapel of the castle of Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt
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  Statue of Joseph Talon, in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt
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  Hiking trail in the commune

References