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Sorgues
Sòrgas (Occitan) | |
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Coordinates: 44°00′33″N 4°52′23″E / 44.0092°N 4.873°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Vaucluse |
Arrondissement | Avignon |
Canton | Sorgues |
Intercommunality | CA Sorgues du Comtat |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Lagneau[1] |
Area 1 | 33.4 km2 (12.9 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 19,117 |
• Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 84129 /84700 |
Elevation | 14–114 m (46–374 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Sorgues (French pronunciation: [sɔʁɡ]; Occitan: Sòrgas) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. The river Ouvèze, a tributary of the Rhône, as well as its tributary Sorgue, which begins at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, run through the commune.[3][4] Sorgues, which had a population of 18,680 in 2017, is located just north of Avignon, on the border with Gard.
According to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, Georges Braque lived in Sorgues after being wounded during the First World War.[5]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 13,624 | — |
1975 | 15,037 | +1.42% |
1982 | 17,112 | +1.86% |
1990 | 17,236 | +0.09% |
1999 | 17,539 | +0.19% |
2007 | 18,521 | +0.68% |
2012 | 18,473 | −0.05% |
2017 | 18,680 | +0.22% |
Source: INSEE[6] |