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La Brigue (Italian: Briga Marittima) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes depairtment in sootheastren Fraunce.
La Brigue | |
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![]() A view o the dry riverbed o the Rio Sec in La Brigue | |
Coordinates: 44°03′47″N 7°37′01″E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Depairtment | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Nice |
Canton | Tende |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Bernard Gastaud |
Area 1 | 91.77 km2 (35.43 sq mi) |
Population (2008)2 | 633 |
• Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 06162 /06430 |
Elevation | 559–2,650 m (1,834–8,694 ft) (avg. 812 m or 2,664 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
La Brigue became pairt o Fraunce efter World War II, when Italy wis forcit tae haund it ower in September 1947 under the terms o the 1947 Peace o Paris. Before the haund ower, it wis pairt o the Province o Cuneo. The transfer, which wis no unopponit in the veelage, wis retrospectively endorsit bi a local plebiscite which teuk place on 12 October 1947 an wis subject tae internaitional superveesion.
The Shrine o Oor Lady o the Foontains is the hame tae a huge 15t-century pentin (cycle o passion) bi the penter Giovanni Piemontese Canavesio, an is a major tourist destination.
The veelage is situatit alang the lang distance hikin trail GR52A.[1] Anither attraction for muntain sports enthusiasts is a nearbi via ferrata o middlin difficulty (C/D)[2] which ascends aboot 250 metres abuin the veelage.[3]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 477 | — |
1968 | 582 | +22.0% |
1975 | 493 | −15.3% |
1982 | 495 | +0.4% |
1990 | 618 | +24.8% |
1999 | 595 | −3.7% |
2008 | 633 | +6.4% |
La Brigue is twinned wi:
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