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Comtat Venaissin

/kɔ̃.ta v(ə).nɛ.sɛ̃/

proper noun/kɔ̃.ta v(ə).nɛ.sɛ̃/

A former papal enclave within France, corresponding to most of present-day Vaucluse and parts of Drôme, that existed from 1274 to 1791.

Related: comtadin

Perhaps from its first capital, Venasque.