Brignoles

Subprefecture of Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Subprefecture and commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Brignoles

Brinhòla (Occitan)

Subprefecture and commune

Place du Palais de Justice

Coat of arms

Location of Brignoles

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Coordinates: 43°24′21″N 6°03′41″E﻿ / ﻿43.4058°N 6.0615°E﻿ / 43.4058; 6.0615
Country| France
Region| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department| Var
Arrondissement| Brignoles
Canton| Brignoles
Intercommunality| CA Provence Verte
Government

• Mayor (2020-2026) | Didier Brémond[1] (LR)
Area

| 70.53 km2 (27.23 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[2]

| 17,664
• Density| 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code|

83023 /83170

Elevation| 190–767 m (623–2,516 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brignoles (French pronunciation: [bʁiɲɔl]; Occitan: Brinhòla) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Alongside Draguignan, it is one of two subprefectures in Var.

It was the summer residence of the counts of Provence; their castle dates from the thirteenth century. In 2020, the commune of Brignoles had a population of 17,652.

## Population

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1968 | 9,051| —
1975 | 9,995| +1.43%
1982 | 10,412| +0.59%
1990 | 11,239| +0.96%
1999 | 12,487| +1.18%
2007 | 15,679| +2.89%
2012 | 16,454| +0.97%
2017 | 17,179| +0.87%
Source: INSEE[3]

## Notable people

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François Just Marie Raynouard, 2012

It was the birthplace of:

* Antoine Albalat (1856–1935), writer specialising in French literature.
* Louis of Toulouse (1274–1297), bishop of Toulouse.
* François de Porchères d'Arbaud, (1590-1640), poet
* Louis Paul Baille de Saint-Pol [fr] (1768-1821), French soldier.
* François Guisol [fr] (1803–1874), poet and author.
* Fabrice Hadjadj (born 1971), philosopher and dramatist, teacher at the Lycée Sainte Jeanne d'Arc since 2002.
* Jean-Jacques Jauffret [fr] (born 1965), French film director.
* Joseph-Louis Lambot (1814–1887), the inventor of ferro-cement which led to the development of reinforced concrete.
* Catherine Matausch (born 1960), French journalist.
* Jean-Baptiste Maunier (born 1990), French actor.
* René Morizur [fr] (1944–2009), French musician, died and buried in Brignoles.
* Victor Nicolas (1906–1979), French sculptor who created many monuments in nearby departments.
* Joseph Parrocel (1646–1704), French painter.
* Christian Philibert [fr] (born 1965), French film director and screenwriter.
* François Just Marie Raynouard, (1761-1836) a French dramatist, linguist, writer and philologist.

### Sport

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* Amy Cissé (born 1969), retired international basketball player.
* Manu Diaz [fr] (born 1955), retired rugby union player.
* Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French footballer.
* Patrick Valéry (born 1969), retired footballer.

## Twin towns and sister cities

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Brignoles is twinned with:[4]

* Bruneck, Italy
* Groß-Gerau, Germany
* Szamotuły, Poland
* Tielt, Belgium

## See also

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* Communes of the Var department

## References

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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. ^ "Villes jumelées". brignoles.fr (in French). Brignoles. Retrieved 2019-11-21.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brignoles.

* Official website of Brignoles (in French)
* Tourist Office
* Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). "Brignoles" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). p. 571.

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Communes of the Var department

* Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel
* Aiguines
* Ampus
* Les Arcs
* Artignosc-sur-Verdon
* Artigues
* Aups
* Bagnols-en-Forêt
* Bandol
* Bargème
* Bargemon
* Barjols
* La Bastide
* Baudinard-sur-Verdon
* Bauduen
* Le Beausset
* Belgentier
* Besse-sur-Issole
* Bormes-les-Mimosas
* Le Bourguet
* Bras
* Brenon
* Brignolessubpr
* Brue-Auriac
* Cabasse
* La Cadière-d'Azur
* Callas
* Callian
* Camps-la-Source
* Le Cannet-des-Maures
* Carcès
* Carnoules
* Carqueiranne
* Le Castellet
* Cavalaire-sur-Mer
* La Celle
* Châteaudouble
* Châteauvert
* Châteauvieux
* Claviers
* Cogolin
* Collobrières
* Comps-sur-Artuby
* Correns
* Cotignac
* La Crau
* La Croix-Valmer
* Cuers
* Draguignansubpr
* Entrecasteaux
* Esparron
* Évenos
* La Farlède
* Fayence
* Figanières
* Flassans-sur-Issole
* Flayosc
* Forcalqueiret
* Fox-Amphoux
* Fréjus
* La Garde
* La Garde-Freinet
* Garéoult
* Gassin
* Ginasservis
* Gonfaron
* Grimaud
* Hyères
* Le Lavandou
* La Londe-les-Maures
* Lorgues
* Le Luc
* La Martre
* Les Mayons
* Mazaugues
* Méounes-lès-Montrieux
* Moissac-Bellevue
* La Môle
* Mons
* Montauroux
* Montferrat
* Montfort-sur-Argens
* Montmeyan
* La Motte
* Le Muy
* Nans-les-Pins
* Néoules
* Ollières
* Ollioules
* Pierrefeu-du-Var
* Pignans
* Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
* Le Plan-de-la-Tour
* Pontevès
* Pourcieux
* Pourrières
* Le Pradet
* Puget-sur-Argens
* Puget-Ville
* Ramatuelle
* Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer
* Régusse
* Le Revest-les-Eaux
* Rians
* Riboux
* Rocbaron
* Roquebrune-sur-Argens
* La Roquebrussanne
* La Roque-Esclapon
* Rougiers
* Saint-Antonin-du-Var
* Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
* Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole
* Sainte-Maxime
* Saint-Julien
* Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer
* Saint-Martin-de-Pallières
* Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
* Saint-Paul-en-Forêt
* Saint-Raphaël
* Saint-Tropez
* Saint-Zacharie
* Salernes
* Les Salles-sur-Verdon
* Sanary-sur-Mer
* Seillans
* Seillons-Source-d'Argens
* La Seyne-sur-Mer
* Signes
* Sillans-la-Cascade
* Six-Fours-les-Plages
* Solliès-Pont
* Solliès-Toucas
* Solliès-Ville
* Tanneron
* Taradeau
* Tavernes
* Le Thoronet
* Toulonpref
* Tourrettes
* Tourtour
* Tourves
* Trans-en-Provence
* Trigance
* Le Val
* La Valette-du-Var
* Varages
* La Verdière
* Vérignon
* Vidauban
* Villecroze
* Vinon-sur-Verdon
* Vins-sur-Caramy

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