Bollène

Bollène
Bouleno
Commune
Entrance of Bollène. The second sign shows the town name in Provençal. The third one its twin town.

Coat of arms
Bollène
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Bollène
Coordinates: 44°16′52″N 4°44′58″E / 44.2811°N 4.7494°E / 44.2811; 4.7494Coordinates: 44°16′52″N 4°44′58″E / 44.2811°N 4.7494°E / 44.2811; 4.7494
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Carpentras
Canton Bollène
Intercommunality Rhône-Lez-Provence
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Marie-Claude Bompard
Area1 54.03 km2 (20.86 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 14,148
  Density 260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 84019 /84500
Elevation 42–312 m (138–1,024 ft)
(avg. 55 m or 180 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bollène (Provençal: Bouleno) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Twin towns

Bollène is twinned with L'Alcúdia, Spain, since 1994.

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