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BRIGNOLES
, a See also:town in the See also:department of See also:Var in the S.E. of See also:France, 36 m. by See also:rail N. of See also:Toulon
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Pop
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(1906) 3639
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It is built at a height of 754 ft. above the See also:sea-level, in a fertile valley, and on the right See also:bank of the Carami See also:river
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It contains the old summer See also:palace of the See also:counts of See also:Provence, and has an active See also:trade, especially in prunes, known as prunes de Brignoles
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Its old name was See also:Villa Puerorum, as the See also:children of the counts of Provence were often brought up here
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It was sacked on several occasions during the religious See also:wars in the 16th See also:century
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Twelve See also:miles to the N.W. is St Maximin (with a See also:fine See also:medieval See also:
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