La Brigue

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Coordinates: 44°03′47″N 7°37′01″E / 44.0630555556, 7.61694444444

Commune of La Brigue


Armoiries de la commune de La Brigue

Location
La Brigue (France)
La Brigue
Administration
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement Arrondissement de Nice
Canton Tende
Mayor Bernard Gastaud
(2008-2014])
Statistics
Elevation 559 m–2650 m
(avg. 812 m)
Land area¹ 91,77 km²
Population²
(1999)
595
 - Density 6/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 06162/ 06430
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

La Brigue is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France.

Brigue joined French after the World War II, when Italy was forced to left this community.