Carpentras
Carpentras is a city of 27,249 people in the département of Vaucluse in the south of France. It is 230 m above sea level.
Carpentras has been an important center of French Judaism, and is home to the oldest synagogue in France (1367), which still holds services. It was a commercial site used by Greek merchants in ancient times, and retains an impressive Roman arch and city gate, the Porte d'Orange.
Its traditional confectionery is the berlingot, a small hard candy with thin white stripes, originally made from the syrup left over from conservation of fruits.
