La Brigue
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 | |
.svg) Coat airms | |
  La Brigue Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  La Brigue | |
| Coordinates: 44°03′47″N 7°37′01″E / 44.0631°N 7.6169°ECoordinates: 44°03′47″N 7°37′01″E / 44.0631°N 7.6169°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.
Sichts
eeditThe 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.
Tourism
eeditThe 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]
Population
eedit| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 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% |
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
eeditLa Brigue is twinned wi:
Triora, Italy (2006)
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ http://www.footpathsoftheworld.com/gr-52a/
- ↑ German Via-Ferrata Database: http://www.klettersteig.de/klettersteig/via_ferrata_de_la_ciappea/1013
- ↑ Via Ferrata of La Brigue: http://www.labrigue.fr/index.php?id=4563
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