Brive-la-Gaillarde

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Brive-la-Gaillarde Briva la Galharda (Occitan)
Subprefecture and commune
The Town Hall of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Coat of arms
Location of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde Show map of France Brive-la-Gaillarde Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°09′30″N 1°31′56″E / 45.1583°N 1.5321°E / 45.1583; 1.5321
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Brive-la-Gaillarde-1, 2, 3 and 4
Intercommunality	CA Bassin de Brive
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Soulier[1]
Area 1	48.59 km2 (18.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	46,599
• Density	960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Demonym	Brivistes
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19031 /19100
Elevation	102–315 m (335–1,033 ft) (avg. 142 m or 466 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brive-la-Gaillarde (French pronunciation: [bʁiv la ɡajaʁd] ^ⓘ; Limousin dialect of Occitan: Briva la Galharda), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 75,579 in 2019.^[3]

Although it is by far the biggest commune in Corrèze, the capital is Tulle. In French popular culture, the town is associated with a song by Georges Brassens.