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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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 • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason_Ville_fr_Brignoles(83).svg • 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 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Website — https: www.brignoles.fr 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.
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.
Sport
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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