Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde
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Subprefecture and commune | |
The Hôtel de Ville | |
Location of Brive-la-Gaillarde | |
| Coordinates: 45°09′30″N 1°31′56″E / 45.1583°N 1.5321°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Brive-la-Gaillarde |
| Canton | Brive-la-Gaillarde-1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Intercommunality | CA Bassin de Brive |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Soulier |
Area 1 | 48.59 km2 (18.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 46,769 |
| • Density | 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Brivistes |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19031 /19100 |
| Elevation | 102–315 m (335–1,033 ft) (avg. 142 m or 466 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Brive-la-Gaillarde (French pronunciation: [bʁiv la ɡajaʁd] ⓘ; Limousin dialect of Occitan: Briva la Galharda), 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 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 75,579 in 2019.
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.