Brioude
Sign in to saveBrioude (; Auvergnat: Briude) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-central France. It lies on the banks of the river Allier, a tributary of the Loire.
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Brioude is a small town located in south-central France along the Allier River, which feeds into the Loire River. It serves as a commune (municipality) within the Haute-Loire department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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- Locality
- Brioude
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,451
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Brioude (; Auvergnat: Briude) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-central France. It lies on the banks of the river Allier, a tributary of the Loire.
==History== At Brioude, the ancient Brivas, its martyrs in the 4th century, Julien and Ferréol, became its patron saints; according to the Chronicle of Moissac, Euric of Toulouse had the basilica built, in the fourteenth year of his reign (c. 480): it was wondrously decorated with columns. The emperor Avitus (acclaimed at Toulouse, died 456) had already been buried at the shrine of Julian at Brivas (Brioude), according to Gregory of Tours. Euric's basilica may have served to venerate both the saint and the Visigothic candidate for Roman Emperor.