Solliès-Pont Explained

Solliès-Pont
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Solliès-Pont (Var).svg
Arrondissement:Toulon
Canton:Solliès-Pont
Insee:83130
Postal Code:83210
Mayor:André Garron[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Vallée du Gapeau
Coordinates:43.1911°N 6.0417°W
Elevation M:72
Elevation Min M:39
Elevation Max M:343
Area Km2:17.73

Solliès-Pont (in French pronounced as /sɔljɛs pɔ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: 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.

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.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B005USB24A "Troika: Russia’s westerly poetry in three orchestral song cycles"