Brignoles

Brignoles (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. In 2020, the commune of Brignoles had a population of 17,652.

Notable people
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 (1768-1821), French soldier.
 * François Guisol (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 (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 (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 (born 1965), French film director and screenwriter.
 * François Just Marie Raynouard, (1761-1836) a French dramatist, linguist, writer and philologist.

Sport

 * Amy Cissé (born 1969), retired international basketball player.
 * Manu Diaz (born 1955), retired rugby union player.
 * Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French footballer.
 * Patrick Valéry (born 1969), retired footballer.

Twin towns and sister cities
Brignoles is twinned with:


 * 🇮🇹 Bruneck, Italy
 * 🇩🇪 Groß-Gerau, Germany
 * 🇵🇱 Szamotuły, Poland
 * 🇧🇪 Tielt, Belgium