Solliès-Pont

Solliès-Pont
Commune
The village square and the fountain of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Coat of arms
Location of Solliès-Pont
Solliès-Pont Show map of France Solliès-Pont Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Coordinates: 43°11′28″N 6°02′30″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[1]
Area ^1	17.73 km^2 (6.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	12,080
• Density	680/km^2 (1,800/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 km^2 (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 Cuers massacre.

Population

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[3]

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.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Var department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "Troika: Russia’s westerly poetry in three orchestral song cycles", Rideau Rouge Records, ASIN: B005USB24A, 2011.