Sorgues
title: "Sorgues" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-vaucluse"] topic_path: "general/communes-of-vaucluse" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorgues" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| 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 | |
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|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 =
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
|source = INSEE |percentages = pagr |align = none |graph-pos = right |1968 |13624 |1975 |15037 |1982 |17112 |1990 |17236 |1999 |17539 |2007 |18521 |2012 |18473 |2017 |18680 |2023 |19006
References
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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