Solliès-Pont

Solliès-Pont
Solliès-Pont
Commune
	The village square and the fountain of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
	Coat of arms
	Solliès-Pont Solliès-Pont
	Coordinates: 43°11′28″N 6°02′30″E / 43.1911°N 6.0417°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Toulon
Canton	Solliès-Pont
Intercommunality	Vallée du Gapeau
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Garron
Area 1	17.73 km2 (6.85 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	83130 /83210
Elevation	39–343 m (128–1,125 ft) ; (avg. 72 m or 236 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Solliès-Pont (French pronunciation: [sɔljɛs pɔ̃]; Occitan: Soliers-Pònt) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

It was the first location of the 1995 Éric Borel spree killings.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,214	—
1975	4,549	+1.10%
1982	5,492	+2.73%
1990	9,525	+7.13%
1999	10,820	+1.43%
2007	10,792	−0.03%
2012	11,624	+1.50%
2017	11,149	−0.83%
Source: INSEE^[2]

In popular culture

Solliès-Pont is the setting of Vladimir Nabokov's 1923 Russian-language poem “Прованс” ("Provence"). The original poem and its English translation by the author were set to music by composers Ivan Barbotin and James DeMars as part of the song cycle "Sing, Poetry" on the 2011 contemporary classical album Troika.^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in français). 2 December 2020.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Troika: Russia’s westerly poetry in three orchestral song cycles", Rideau Rouge Records, ASIN: B005USB24A, 2011.

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in français). 2 December 2020.

[pophist-2] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[3] "Troika: Russia’s westerly poetry in three orchestral song cycles", Rideau Rouge Records, ASIN: B005USB24A, 2011.

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Population

In popular culture

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