Brignoles
Brignoles (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.
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• Name — Brignoles • Native Name — Brinhòla • Commune Status — Subprefecture and commune • Arrondissement — Brignoles • Canton — Brignoles • Insee — 83023 • Postal Code — 83170 • Mayor — Didier Brémond • Term — 2020–2026 • Party — LR • Demonym — Brignolais • Intercommunality — CA de la Provence Verte • Elevation Min M — 190 • Elevation Max M — 767 • Area Km2 — 70.53 • Website — https: www.brignoles.fr
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Brignoles is a place recorded by the Etalab API Découpage administratif and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Brignoles as an inhabited place. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Brignoles as a commune. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur as the administrative unit of Brignoles. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Var as the administrative unit of Brignoles. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur as the administrative region of Brignoles. Etalab API Découpage administratif records France as the country of Brignoles. The area of Brignoles is 7,081.51 hectares, according to the Etalab API Découpage administratif. The Etalab API Découpage administratif records the postal code 83170 for Brignoles.
Notable people
Notable people
• Illustration — François Just Marie Raynouard, 2012 It is the residence of: • George Clooney and Amal Clooney 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 (1768–1821), French soldier. • François Guisol (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 (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 (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 (born 1965), French film director and screenwriter. • François Just Marie Raynouard, (1761–1836) a French dramatist, linguist, writer and philologist.
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Sport
• Amy Cissé (born 1969), retired international basketball player. • Manu Diaz (born 1955), retired rugby union player. • Louis Iglesias (born 2008), racing driver • Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French footballer. • Patrick Valéry (born 1969), retired footballer.
Twin towns and sister cities
Twin towns and sister cities
Brignoles is twinned with: • Bruneck, Italy • Groß-Gerau, Germany • Szamotuły, Poland • Tielt, Belgium
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- 1.data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. Répertoire national des élus: les maires. 6 June 2023.
- 2.Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- 3.George and Amal Clooney forced to evacuate home in France amid wildfires. Los Angeles Times. 31 July 2026.
- 4.Brignoles. Villes jumelées. brignoles.fr.
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