Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive- la -Gaillarde ( Brive in Occitan ) is a town with 48 267 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in southwestern France in the Limousin region. It is the seat of a sub-prefecture of the department of Corrèze. Until 1919 the town of Brive said. The inhabitants call themselves Brivistes.
Geography
The city is located in Brive Basin on the eastern edge of the Aquitanian Basin and is drained by the river Corrèze, which opens into the Vézère at the local end.
Tulle, prefecture of the department is located, about 30 kilometers north-east, about 90 kilometers north of Limoges and Périgueux about 85 kilometers to the west.
Neighboring towns of Brive -la- Gaillarde, Ussac in the north, Malemort -sur -Corrèze in the northeast, Cosnac the southeast, Jugeals- Nazreth and Noailles in the south, Chasteaux and Lissac -sur -Couze in the southwest as well as Saint- Pantaleon -de- Larche in West.
The Lac du Causse is located about 10 kilometers southwest of the city.
History
Brive- la -Gaillarde was in Alterum Briva Curretia and was a city of Lemoviken. Here 584 Gundowald was elected king of Aquitaine.
Economy and infrastructure
Economically, the agglomeration of Brive is the second most important location to Limoges in the Limousin region. Here are numerous companies in the food and electronics industry plants and branches. Furthermore, the city is the seat of the Commerce and Industry Chamber of Briver agglomeration.
Traffic
The former Brive Airport ( Aerodrome de Brive Laroche ) is located two miles west of Brive, he was in June 2010 from the Airport Brive - Vallée de la Dordogne replaced. This is located about 15 kilometers south of the city near junction 53 of the A20 Motorway.
North of Brive intersect and unite partially Autoroute A20 and the A89 Autoroute.
The train station of Brive is a hub in the French rail network. Here the routes from Paris to Toulouse and take from Bordeaux to Lyon. The station is also breakpoint of TGV.
The Brive Airport - Vallée de la Dordogne
The train station
The A20 and A89
Industry and Commerce Brive
Coat of arms
Description: The coat of arms on a blue background shows a total of nine golden ears. Three are each grouped into lilies form, this in turn distributed 2:1.
Twinning
The town of Brive currently has several international partnerships.
- Germany Lauf an der Pegnitz
- Canada Joliette
- Mali Sikasso
- Portugal Guimarães
- Ukraine Melitopol
- Spain Castell- Platja d' Aro
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Brive- la -Gaillarde
Sports
In Brive Rugby Club Brive Corrèze Limousin Athlétique is located.
Personalities
- Alexandre d' Alton (1776-1859), General of Infantry
- Guillaume -Marie- Anne Brune (1763-1815), Marshal
- Michel Doneda ( born 1956 ), French jazz musician
- Guillaume Dubois (1656-1723), Cardinal and politician
- Marcel Dupuy (1888-1960), racing cyclist
- Cédric Heymans (born 1978 ), rugby union national team
- Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833), entomologist
- Claude Michelet ( born 1938 ), writer
- Alain Roche ( born 1967), former French football player
- Jean -Baptiste Treilhard (1742-1810), politician
- Cédric Villani (born 1973 ), mathematician and physicist