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Sorgues

Field	Value
name	Sorgues
commune status	Commune
native name	oc
image	Ancien hôtel de ville à Sorgues.jpg
caption	Former Sorgues Town Hall
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Sorgues (Vaucluse).svg
arrondissement	Avignon
canton	Sorgues
INSEE	84129
postal code	84700
mayor	Thierry Lagneau
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CA Sorgues du Comtat
coordinates
elevation m	30
elevation min m	14
elevation max m	114
area km2	33.4
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Sorgues (Vaucluse).svg

Sorgues (; ) 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. Sorgues is located just north of Avignon, on the border with Gard.

History

According to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, Georges Braque lived in Sorgues after being wounded during the First World War.

Population

|graph-pos = right |1968 |13624 |1975 |15037 |1982 |17112 |1990 |17236 |1999 |17539 |2007 |18521 |2012 |18473 |2017 |18680 |2023 |19006

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
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[[Gertrude Stein]], ''[[The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas]]'', Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 April 2001), page 201
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-84129#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE

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