La Brigue
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Place details
- Locality
- La Brigue
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 763
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Arrondissement
- Nice
- Canton
- Contes
- Intercommunality
- CA Riviera Française
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Daniel Alberti
- Area
- 91.77 km (35.43 sq mi)
- Density
- 8.31/km (21.5/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Brigasques
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 06162 /06430
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- La Brigue
- Demonym
- brigaschi
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nice
- Population
- +763
- Area
- +91.77
- Elevation
- +1473
- Shares border with
- Triora
- Official website
- www.labrigue.fr
- Image
- Rio sec.jpg
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Article
La Brigue ( French pronunciation: [la bʁiɡ]; Ligurian: Briga; Vivaro-Alpine: La Briga; Italian: Briga Marittima) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
La Brigue became part of France after World War II, when Italy was forced to hand it over in September 1947 under the terms of the Peace of Paris. Before the hand over, it was part of the Province of Cuneo and was officially known as Briga Marittima. The transfer, which was not unopposed in the village, was retrospectively endorsed by a local plebiscite which took place on 12 October 1947 and was subject to international supervision.