Brignoles
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Brignoles (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) 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.
Population
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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 (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
- 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
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- Template:Flagicon Bruneck, Italy
- Template:Flagicon Groß-Gerau, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Szamotuły, Poland
- Template:Flagicon Tielt, Belgium
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Villes jumelées". brignoles.fr (in français). Brignoles. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
External links
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- Official website of Brignoles Template:In lang
- Tourist Office
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