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unusual facts about Brive


Gérard Errera

Gérard Errera comes from a Jewish family, and was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in what was, during World War II, France's Free Zone.


1996–97 Heineken Cup

Brive won the match 28–9; they took the lead early on through a fourth-minute penalty from Christophe Lamaison, and Sébastien Viars extended that lead with an unconverted try two minutes later.

Apisai Naikatini

In December 2013, he signed a short term deal with French Top 14 side, Brive for the remainder of the 2013–14 Top 14 season, filling in for lock, Olivier Caisso who is fighting Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude

Antide Janvier (1751–1835), clockmaker, was born at Briva (today Brive), a hamlet within the commune.

Patrick Sébastien

Patrick Boutot better known as Patrick Sébastien (born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France on 14 November 1953) is a French television host, producer and classy personality (mainly on TF1 and France 2, radio host, singer, writer, producer, director, impressionist entertainer, comedian, TV and film actor, and former president of the French rugby team CA Brive.

Penarth RFC

Annually between 1910 and 1913 Penarth RFC toured France playing matches against teams from Tarbes, Bayonne pau Brive, Bordeaux and Le Havre.

Périgueux

Périgueux railway station offers connections to Limoges, Bordeaux and Brive-la-Gaillarde and other regional destinations.

Pierre Matignon

On the 20th day, from Brive to the summit of the Puy-de-Dôme near Clermont-Ferrand, Wilhem realised he could not go slower than Matignon and so he attacked right from the start.

SNCF 240P

These 12 4-8-0s were created to tackle the 1:100 gradients of the Brive to Montauban division of the line from Paris to Toulouse, steeper than those to Bordeaux.

Thiviers-Payzac Unit

The unit starts just west of Thiviers in the northern Dordogne and then follows for 70 kilometres a semicircular arc segment, passing through Lanouaille, Payzac, Orgnac, Donzenac and finishing just east of Brive in the Corrèze.


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