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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
| 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
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ 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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