1. History

2. Climate

3. Administration

4. Population

5. Transport

6. Sport

7. Notable inhabitants

8. International relations
     Twin towns – Sister cities  

9. See also

10. References

11. External links

Brive-la-Gaillarde ({{IPA-fr|bʁiv la ɡajaʁd}}; Limousin dialect of Occitan language: Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Corrèze department. It has around 50,000 inhabitants, while the population of the urban area was 89,260 in 1999.

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.

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 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 These fortifications no longer exist and have been replaced by boulevards.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) 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 and Ussac.

During World War II, 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 (or "United Movements of the Resistance").

Brive-la-Gaillarde was the first city of Occupied France to liberate itself by its own means, on 15 August 1944. For this, the city received the “Croix de guerre 1939–1945” military decoration.

The medieval centre is mainly a commercial district with retail shops and various cafés. 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 to Toulouse.

Climate

Administration

The most recent mayors of Brive-la-Gaillarde were:

• 1966–1995: Jean Charbonnel
• 1995–2008: Bernard Murat
• 2008–present: Philippe Nauche

Population

Transport

Brive-la-Gaillarde railway station offers connections to Limoges, Périgueux, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Toulouse, and several regional destinations. The A20 motorway connects Brive with Limoges and Toulouse, the A89 with Bordeaux.

Brive–Souillac Airport 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 team, CA Brive. It also hosted the 2009 Junior World Rowing Championships.

Notable inhabitants

• Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723), cardinal and statesman
• Pierre André Latreille (1762–1833), entomologist
• Jean-Baptiste Treilhard (born January 3, 1742 in Brive-la-Gaillarde – died December, 1810 in Paris) 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 (1763–1815), marshal of France
• Michel Labrousse (1912–1988), scholar of Roman history
• David Feuerwerker is a rabbi and professor of French Jewish history (Geneva, October 2, 1912 – Montreal, June 20, 1980).
• Antoinette Feuerwerker (1912–2003) Belgian lawyer and educator, wife of David Feuerwerker; Member of the Combat movement in Limousin alongside Edmond Michelet;
• Alceste De Ambris (born September 15, 1874 to Licciana Nardi, and died December 9, 1934 in Brive-la-Gaillard), an Italian politician and syndicalist;
• Robert Margerit (1910–1988), writer.
• Edmond Michelet (1899–1970), politician, leader of the Movement Combat Limousin; arrested by the Gestapo 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 (born 1958), civil servant and writer
• Cédric Villani (1973 -), mathematician; Fields Medalist in 2010
• Cédric Heymans (1978– ), French international rugby union player
• Dimitri Yachvili (1980– ), French international rugby union player

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Brive-la-Gaillarde is twinned with:

• {{flagicon|GER}} Lauf an der Pegnitz (Germany)
• {{flagicon|CAN}} Joliette (Quebec, Canada)
• {{flagicon|MLI}} Sikasso (Mali)

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

References

• INSEE

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820110450/http://www.brive.net/ Official website] {{Fr icon}}

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