Brignon
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Alès | |
| Canton | Quissac | |
| Community association | Alès agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 59 ′ N , 4 ° 13 ′ E | |
| height | 72-141 m | |
| surface | 6.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 771 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 116 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30190 | |
| INSEE code | 30053 | |
Brignon is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of France (before 2016 Languedoc-Roussillon ). It belongs to the canton of Quissac (until 2015 Vézénobres ) and the arrondissement of Alès .
Geography, infrastructure
Neighboring communities are Cruviers-Lascours in the north-west, Saint-Césaire-de-Gauzignan and Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille in the north, Castelnau-Valence in the north-east, Moussac in the south-east, Sauzet in the south and Boucoiran-et-Nozières in the west. The Gardon flows through Brignon . The village is served by the SNCF with the Cevennes Railway and the associated Nozières-Brignon station. There the railway accident at Nozières-Brignon occurred .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 607 | 600 | 564 | 648 | 616 | 658 | 823 | 771 |
Personalities
- Frédéric Desmons (1832–1910), Calvinist pastor, born in Brignon
Web links
Commons : Brignon - collection of images, videos and audio files
