Limousin dialect
Limousin (French name, ; oc, lemosin, ) is a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the three departments of Limousin, parts of Charente and the Dordogne in the southwest of France.
The first Occitan documents are in an early form of this ...
of oc, Briva la Galharda) is a
commune
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** Communes of ...
of
France
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. It is a
sub-prefecture
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Albania
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and the largest city of the
Corrèze
Corrèze (; oc, Corresa) is a department in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, ...
department
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Government and military
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. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the
agglomeration
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was 75,579 in 2019.
Although it is by far the biggest commune in Corrèze, the capital is
Tulle
Tulle (; ) is a commune in central France. It is the third-largest town in the former region of Limousin and is the capital of the department of Corrèze, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Tulle is also the episcopal see of the Roman Catho ...
. In French popular culture, the town is associated with a song by
Georges Brassens
Georges Charles Brassens (; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet.
As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and a ...
.
History
Even though the inhabitants settled around the 1st century, the city only started to grow much later. From around the 5th century onwards, the original city began to develop around a church dedicated to Saint-Martin-l'Espagnol. During the 12th century walls were built around the city and during the
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...
a second wall was built. These fortifications no longer exist and have been replaced by boulevards.
The commune was named "Brive" until 1919, when it was renamed "Brive-la-Gaillarde". The word "Gaillarde" (still used in current
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
) probably stands for bravery or strength in the city's name, but it can also refer to the city's walls. Brive now extends outside of its original boundaries into
Malemort
Malemort (; oc, Mala Mòrt) is a commune in the Corrèze department of southern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Malemort-sur-Corrèze and Venarsal.Ussac
Ussac () is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Corrèze department
The following is a list of the 279 communes of the Corrèze department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
.
During
World War II
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, Brive-la-Gaillarde was a regional capital of the Resistance, acting as a seat of several clandestine information networks and several of the principal resistance movements, including the ''Armée secrète'' (or “ Secret Army”) and the ''
Mouvements Unis de la Résistance
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'' (or "United Movements of the Resistance").
Brive-la-Gaillarde was the first city of
Occupied France
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to liberate itself by its own means, on 15 August 1944. For this, the city received the “''
Croix de guerre 1939–1945
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''” military decoration.
The medieval centre is mainly a commercial district with retail shops and various
cafés
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. It is also the location of the city hall, the main police station, and the Labenche museum. One notable landmark outside the inner city is the ''Pont Cardinal'', a bridge which used to be a crossing point for travelers from
Paris
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to
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
.
Climate
Administration
The most recent mayors of Brive-la-Gaillarde were:
* 1966–1995: Jean Charbonnel
* 1995–2008: Bernard Murat
* 2008–present: Philippe Nauche
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
,
Périgueux
Périgueux (, ; oc, Peireguers or ) is a communes of France, commune in the Dordogne departments of France, department, in the administrative regions of France, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
Périgueux i ...
,
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...
,
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
, and several regional destinations. The A20 motorway connects Brive with Limoges and Toulouse, the A89 with Bordeaux.
Brive–Souillac Airport
Brive–Souillac Airport , also ''Brive–Dordogne Valley Airport'' (french: Aéroport de Brive – Vallée de la Dordogne), is an international airport located south of Brive-la-Gaillarde, a ''commune'' of the Corrèze department in the Nouve ...
lies south of the city. It was opened in 2010 to replace the older Brive-La Roche Airport.
Sport
The city is home to a
rugby union
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team,
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. They compete in the first-tier Top 14 competition.
Briv ...
. It also hosted the 2009 Junior World Rowing Championships.
Notable inhabitants
*
Guillaume Dubois
Guillaume Dubois (6 September 1656 – 10 August 1723) was a French cardinal and statesman.
Life and government
Early years
Dubois, the third of the four great Cardinal-Ministers ( Richelieu, Mazarin, Dubois, and Fleury), was born in Brive-l ...
(1656–1723),
cardinal
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
and statesman
*
Pierre André Latreille
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(1762–1833),
entomologist
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*
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard
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(born 3 January 1742 in Brive-la-Gaillarde – died December 1810 in
Paris
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) was a French jurist and politician at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century.
* Nicolas Ernault des Bruslys, born on 7 August 1757 in Brive-la-Gaillarde and died on 25 September 1809 in Reunion, is a French general of the Revolution and the Empire.
*
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune
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Early life
Bru ...
(1763–1815),
marshal of France
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*
Michel Labrousse
Michel Labrousse (25 December 1912, Brive-la-Gaillarde – 1988) was a 20th-century French historian.
A student at the École normale supérieure in Paris from 1931 to 1935, Michel Labrousse obtained there his agrégation of history and geogra ...
(1912–1988), scholar of Roman history
*
David Feuerwerker
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(1912–1980) was a rabbi and professor of French Jewish history (Geneva, 2 October 1912 – Montreal, 20 June 1980).
*
Antoinette Feuerwerker
Antoinette Feuerwerker (24 November 1912 – 10 February 2003) was a French jurist and an active fighter in the French Resistance during the Second World War.
Early years
Antoinette (Antonia, Toni, Toibe Rochel) Gluck was born in Antwerp (Borg ...
(1912–2003) Belgian lawyer and educator, wife of David Feuerwerker; Member of the Combat movement in Limousin alongside Edmond Michelet;
*
Alceste De Ambris
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Life
De Ambris was born ...
(born 15 September 1874 to Licciana Nardi, and died December 9, 1934, in Brive-la-Gaillard), an Italian politician and syndicalist;
*
Robert Margerit
Margerit Robert (25 January 1910 in Brive-la-Gaillarde – 27 June 1988 in Isle, Haute-Vienne) was a French journalist and writer.
Biography
He completed high school in Limoges; he was a journalist in Limoges in 1931.
From 1948, he was edit ...
(1910–1988), writer.
*
Edmond Michelet
Edmond Michelet (8 October 1899 – 9 October 1970) was a French politician. He is the father of the writer Claude Michelet.
On 17 June 1940, he distributed tracts calling to continue the war in all Brive-la-Gaillarde's mailboxes. It is consid ...
(1899–1970), politician, leader of the Movement Combat Limousin; arrested by the
Gestapo
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in Brive in February 1943; died in the village of Marcillac, the town of Brive;
* Patrick Sebastien (born 1953), imitator, actor, singer, television host.
*
Xavier Patier Xavier Patier (5 March 1958, Brive-la-Gaillarde) is a high French Civil Service official and writer.
Biography
Graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Xavier Patier is also a former student of the École nationale d'administra ...
(1958– ), civil servant and writer
*
Cédric Villani
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(1973– ), mathematician;
Fields Medalist
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in 2010
*
Cédric Heymans
Cédric Heymans (born 20 July 1978) is a French former rugby union footballer who played mainly as a wing or a full-back for French Top 14 club Toulouse and the French national team.
Known for his pace and his footwork, he started his club car ...
rugby union
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player
*
Dimitri Yachvili
Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980, in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France. He played for France from 2002 to 2012, earning 61 caps and scori ...
rugby union
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player
*
Damian Penaud
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rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player
*
Marine Serre
Marine Serre (born December 13, 1991) is a French fashion designer who won the 2017 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers.
Early life
Serre was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde nearby Corrèze, France. She studied in Marseille and after two years she ...
(1991– ), French fashion designer
* Michaud Clara (2005- )
Guimarães
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Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCWorld Heritage Sitesince 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and a ...
, Portugal
*
Joliette
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, Canada
*
Lauf an der Pegnitz
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, Germany
*
Melitopol
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, Ukraine
*
Sikasso
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History
Sikasso was founded a ...