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|location=[[Meridian]] | |location=[[Meridian]]<ref name="glassed intel">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, "[[Glassed (level)|Glassed]]" — [[Mission Intel]]</ref> | ||
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|notable= | |governance=[[Unified Earth Government]]<ref name="glassed intel"/> | ||
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'''Avignon''' was a | '''Avignon''' was a large city and the first population center established on the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Meridian]], a world of the [[Unified Earth Government]].<ref name="glassed intel"/><ref name="bb11">''[[Halo: Battle Born]]'', Chapter 11</ref> | ||
==History== | |||
In [[2432]], 70,003 colonists settled [[Meridian]] and established the first town of Avignon. As many of Meridian's settlers came from [[Wikipedia:France|France]] on [[Earth]], Avignon was named after the French commune [[Wikipedia:Avignon|of the same name]].<ref name="glassed intel"/> | |||
When the [[Covenant]] invaded the world in [[2549]], during the [[Battle of Meridian]], Avignon was not among the cities initially targeted by the Covenant.<ref name="bb11"/> However, by early [[2551]], Meridian was lost to the [[United Nations Space Command]] and Avignon was likely [[glassed]] alongside most of the [[moon]]'s surface and population centers.<ref name="wf">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 23</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||