Brignoles

Brignoles

*Brinhòla* (Occitan)
Brignoles Brinhòla (Occitan)
Subprefecture and commune
	Place du Palais de Justice
	Coat of arms
	Location of Brignoles
	Brignoles Location within France Brignoles Location within Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Coordinates: 43°24′21″N 6°03′41″E / 43.4058°N 6.0615°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Brignoles
Canton	Brignoles
Intercommunality	CA de la Provence Verte
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Brémond (LR)
Area 1	70.53 km2 (27.23 sq mi)
Highest elevation	767 m (2,516 ft)
Lowest elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Population (2023)	17,850
• Density	253.1/km2 (655.5/sq mi)
Demonym	Brignolais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	83023 /83170
Website	www.brignoles.fr
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brignoles (French pronunciation: [bʁiɲɔl]; Occitan: Brinhòla) 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

It is the residence of:

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 [fr] (1768–1821), French soldier.
François Guisol [fr] (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 [fr] (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 [fr] (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 [fr] (born 1965), French film director and screenwriter.
François Just Marie Raynouard, (1761–1836) a French dramatist, linguist, writer and philologist.