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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Classificazione
Gli archivi di autorità della Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names registrano Brignoles come luogo abitato. Etalab API Découpage administratif registra Brignoles come “commune”. Gli archivi di autorità della Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names registrano Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur come unità amministrativa di Brignoles. Etalab API Découpage administratif registra Var come unità amministrativa di Brignoles. Etalab API Découpage administratif registra Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur come regione amministrativa di Brignoles. Etalab API Découpage administratif registra France come paese di Brignoles.
Misure
La superficie di Brignoles è di 7.081,51 ettari, secondo la Etalab API Découpage administratif. La Etalab API Découpage administratif registra il codice postale 83170 per Brignoles.
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Key facts
• 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
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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- 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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- Jean-Baptiste MaunierPerson
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