Editing Tarascon (section)

==Geography==
Tarascon is located {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Avignon]] and {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Arles]], on the left (east) bank of the river [[Rhône]]. On the other side is the similarly sized town of [[Beaucaire, Gard|Beaucaire]] in the ''département'' of [[Gard]], ''région'' of [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitania]].  Directly opposite each other and connected by several bridges, Beaucaire and Tarascon effectively constitute one town, with about 30,000 inhabitants. An irrigation canal of 18,00&nbsp;km length rejoins the Rhone near Tarascon.