Brignoles
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Var | |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles | |
| Canton | Brignoles (main town) | |
| Community association | Communauté de communes Comté de Provence | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 24 ' N , 6 ° 4' E | |
| height | 190-767 m | |
| surface | 70.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 17,179 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 244 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 83170 | |
| INSEE code | 83023 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-brignoles.fr/ | |
Brignoles is a French city with 17,179 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Var in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . Brignoles is a sub-prefecture (French sous-préfecture ) of the Var department, the administrative seat of the Arrondissement Brignoles and the capital of the canton of Brignoles .
Personalities
- François d'Arbaud de Porchères (1590–1640), poet and member of the Académie française
- Joseph Parrocel (1646–1704), battle painter
- François-Juste-Marie Raynouard (1761–1836), writer and member of the Académie Française
- Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), national soccer player
- Jean-Baptiste Maunier (* 1990), singer and actor
Town twinning
Brignoles has been in a ring partnership with the cities of Groß-Gerau in Hesse , Bruneck in South Tyrol and Tielt in West Flanders ( Belgium ) since 1959, to which the Polish Szamotuły ( Samter ) in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship has also been a member since 1997 .
Attractions
- Dolmen of the Adriatic
- Musée du pays Brignolais with the oldest concrete boat in the world (1849/50) by Joseph-Louis Lambot
Web links
Commons : Brignoles - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Brignoles Official Website (French)