Solliès-Pont (; ) is a
commune in the
Var department in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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in southeastern
France
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.
It was the first location of the 1995
Cuers massacre
On 23 September 1995, 16-year-old Éric Borel murdered three members of his family in Solliès-Pont in the arrondissement of Toulon, France. The following day, he shot dead twelve other people and injured four more in the village of Cuers the n ...
.
Population
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
Troika or troyka (from Russian тройка, meaning 'a set of three' or the digit '3') may refer to:
* Troika (driving), a traditional Russian harness driving combination, a cultural icon of Russia
Politics
* Triumvirate, a political regime rul ...
.
"Troika: Russia’s westerly poetry in three orchestral song cycles"
Rideau Rouge Records, ASIN: B005USB24A, 2011.
See also
*Communes of the Var department
The following is a list of the 153 Communes of France, communes of the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025 ...
References
Communes of Var (department)
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