Brignon

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Brignon
Brignon coat of arms
Brignon (France)
Brignon
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Alès
Canton Quissac
Community association Alès agglomeration
Coordinates 43 ° 59 ′  N , 4 ° 13 ′  E 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

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
Residents 607 600 564 648 616 658 823 771

Personalities

Web links

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