Editing Brignoles

{{short description|Subprefecture of Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Brignoles
|native name            = {{native name|oc|Brinhòla}}
|commune status         = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image coat of arms     = Blason_Ville_fr_Brignoles(83).svg
|caption                = Place du Palais de Justice
|image                  = Brignoles the fountain City Centre - panoramio.jpg
|arrondissement         = Brignoles
|canton                 = Brignoles
|INSEE                  = 83023
|postal code            = 83170
|mayor                  = Didier Brémond<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|party                  = [[The Republicans (France)|LR]]
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte|CA Provence Verte]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|43.4058|6.0615|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            =
|elevation min m        = 190
|elevation max m        = 767
|area km2               = 70.53
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Brignoles''' ({{IPA|fr|bʁiɲɔl}}; {{langx|oc|Brinhòla}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Var (department)|Var]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]] of Southeastern [[France]]. Alongside [[Draguignan]], it is one of two [[Subprefectures in France|subprefectures]] in Var.

It was the summer residence of the [[List of rulers of Provence|counts]] of [[Provence]]; their castle dates from the thirteenth century. In 2020, the commune of Brignoles had a population of 17,652.

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-83023#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|graph-pos = right
|1968 |9051
|1975 |9995
|1982 |10412
|1990 |11239
|1999 |12487
|2007 |15679
|2012 |16454
|2017 |17179
}}

== Notable people ==
[[File:François-Juste-Marie Raynouard.jpg|thumb|140px|[[François Just Marie Raynouard]], 2012]]
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
* {{ill|Louis Paul Baille de Saint-Pol|fr|Louis Paul Baille de Saint-Pol}} (1768–1821), French soldier.
* {{ill|François Guisol|fr|François Guisol}} (1803–1874), poet and author.
* [[Fabrice Hadjadj]] (born 1971), philosopher and dramatist, teacher at the Lycée Sainte Jeanne d'Arc since 2002.
* {{ill|Jean-Jacques Jauffret|fr|Jean-Jacques Jauffret}} (born 1965), French film director.
* [[Joseph-Louis Lambot]] (1814–1887), the inventor of [[Ferrocement|ferro-cement]] which led to the development of [[reinforced concrete]]. 
* [[Catherine Matausch]] (born 1960), French journalist.
* [[Jean-Baptiste Maunier]] (born 1990), French actor.
* {{ill|René Morizur|fr|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.
* {{ill|Christian Philibert|fr|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.
* {{ill|Manu Diaz|fr|Manu Diaz}} (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 [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Villes jumelées|url=http://www.brignoles.fr/jumelage/villes-jumelees-415.html|website=brignoles.fr|publisher=Brignoles|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Bruneck]], Italy
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Groß-Gerau]], Germany
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gmina Szamotuły|Szamotuły]], Poland
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Tielt]], Belgium
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==See also==
* [[Communes of the Var department]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Brignoles}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111106080321/http://www.ville-brignoles.fr/ Official website of Brignoles] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.provenceverte.co.uk/ Tourist Office]
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Brignoles | volume= 4 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= W. A. B. Coolidge|  page = 571 |short= 1}}

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