La Brigue
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Commune of La Brigue |
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Armoiries de la commune de La Brigue |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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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. | |
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.