Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Briva la Galharda (Occitan) | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
The Hôtel de Ville | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Brive-la-Gaillarde | |
Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde | |
| Coordinates: 45°09′30″N 1°31′56″E / 45.1583°N 1.5321°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Brive-la-Gaillarde |
| Canton | Brive-la-Gaillarde-1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Intercommunality | CA Bassin de Brive |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Soulier |
Area 1 | 48.59 km2 (18.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 47,095 |
| • Density | 969.2/km2 (2,510/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Brivistes |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19031 /19100 |
| Elevation | 102–315 m (335–1,033 ft) (avg. 142 m or 466 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Brive-la-Gaillarde (French pronunciation: [bʁiv la ɡajaʁd] ⓘ; Limousin dialect of Occitan: Briva la Galharda), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 47,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 76,456 in 2022.
Although it is by far the biggest commune in Corrèze, the capital is Tulle. In French popular culture, the town is associated with a song by Georges Brassens.