- Sorgues
French commune
nomcommune=Sorgues
Sorgues Town Hall, 2008
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Vaucluse
arrondissement=Avignon
canton=Bédarrides
insee=84129
cp=84700
maire=Alain Milon
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes des Pays de Rhône et Ouvèze
longitude=4.873
latitude=44.00916
alt moy=30 m
alt mini=14 m
alt maxi=114 m
hectares=3,340
km²=33.4
sans=17,539
date-sans=1999
dens=525
date-dens=1999Sorgues is a commune of the
Vaucluse "département" in southernFrance . It is also the name of a river running through the area. The Sorgues River is a tributary of theRhone which begins atFontaine-de-Vaucluse .Famous residents
*According to "
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas " byGertrude Stein ,Georges Braque lived in Sorgues after being wounded during theFirst World War [Gertrude Stein , "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas ", Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 April 2001), page 201] .ee also
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Ouvèze River
*Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC References
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