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La Brigue is a commune and border city in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Nice and the canton of Tende. It is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and shares borders with Fontan, Saorge, Tende, and Briga Alta. The official name of the municipality is La Brigue, and its residents are known as brigaschi.
The area covers 91.77 square kilometers with a population of 763, comprising 320 males and 380 females. La Brigue has an elevation above sea level of 2650 meters, while another source lists an elevation of 777 meters. The postal code for the commune is 06430, and it falls under the electoral district of the canton of Contes.
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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
- Elevation
- 559–2,650 m (1,834–8,694 ft) , (avg. 812 m or 2,664 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
La Brigue & Hameau de Morignole
Site officiel de la commune de La Brigue & Hameau de Morignole. Toutes les informations sur votre commune.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- La Brigue
- Demonym
- brigaschi
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nice
- Population
- 719
- Area
- 91.77
- Elevation
- 1473
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Triora
- Official website
- www.labrigue.fr
- Image
- Rio sec.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:La Brigue
- Commons category
- La Brigue
- postal code
- 06430
- native label
- La Brigue
- associated electoral district
- canton of Contes
- male population
- 320
- female population
- 380
- P8168
- Gerhard Auer
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-93-04-36-00
- fax number
- +33-4-93-04-36-09
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Brigue” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.