Comtat Venaissin

Comtat Venaissin shield

(k?Ntä´v?näsaN´) (pron: kun-tah-vun-ah-san)

Capital: Avignon (pron: ah-vee-nyawn)
French annexation: 1791

The keys are St. Peter’s keys, and refer to the spiritual and temporal powers linked in a single hand, reflecting the province’s 500 years as a papal enclave.

Comtat Venaissin provincial map
Information courtesy of State Historical Society of North Dakota