Sorgues
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Commune of Sorgues |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Avignon |
| Canton | Bédarrides |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Pays de Rhône et Ouvèze |
| Mayor | Alain Milon (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 14 m–114 m (avg. 30 m) |
| Land area¹ | 33.4 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
17,539 |
| - Density | 525/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 84129/ 84700 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Sorgues is a commune of the Vaucluse département in southern France.
[edit] Famous residents
- According to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, Georges Braque lived in Sorgues after being wounded during the First World War[1].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- ^ Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 April 2001), page 201
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