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
(2020–2026)		Didier Brémond^[1] (LR)
Area ¹	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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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

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

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

Brignoles is twinned with:^[4]

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

References

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

External links

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.