Brive-la-Gaillarde

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Brive-la-Gaillarde

Total population

46,599

Coordinates45.16°, 1.53°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Brive-la-Gaillarde, 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Pierre André Latreille

French zoologist and entomologist (1762–1833)

Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune

French general (1763-1815)

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Henri Magne

French racing codriver (1953–2006)

Cédric Villani

French mathematician and politician

André Lajoinie

French politician (1929–2024)

Guillaume Dubois

French cardinal and politician (1656-1723)

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Alain Roche

French footballer (born 1967)

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

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Charles-Édouard Yachvili

French rugby union player

Philippe Nauche

French politician

Benoît Rivière

French priest and theologian

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Hakim Sar-Temsoury

French footballer

Cédric Heymans

French rugby union player

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Jean Paul Raymond

French engraver

Pierre de Monteruc

cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Marcel Dupuy

French bicycle racer (1888–1960)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

• Ussac
  2.6 mi away · pop. 4,253
• Cosnac
  3.3 mi away · pop. 3,026
• Sainte-Fortunade
  12.1 mi away · pop. 1,788
• Le Lardin
  15 mi away · pop. 1,665
• Seilhac
  16.8 mi away · pop. 1,797
• Chamboulive
  20.6 mi away · pop. 1,164
• Lubersac
  20.8 mi away · pop. 2,253
• Sainte-Mondane
  23.7 mi away · pop. 287
• Angoisse
  26.8 mi away · pop. 591
• Treignac
  29 mi away · pop. 1,263
• Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
  29.3 mi away · pop. 6,825
• Égletons
  30.2 mi away · pop. 4,293

Browse all places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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