Panazol

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Panazol

|commune status = Commune

|image = Mairie de Panazol.JPG

|caption = Château de la Beausserie - The Town Hall

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Panazol (Haute-Vienne).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|45.8397|1.3108|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 87114

|postal code = 87350

|arrondissement = Limoges

|canton = Panazol

|intercommunality = CU Limoges Métropole

|mayor = Fabien Doucet{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|elevation min m = 215

|elevation max m = 351

|area km2 = 20.05

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Panazol ({{IPA|fr|panazɔl}}; {{langx|oc|Panasòu}}) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. It is an eastern suburb of Limoges.

Panazol is the third largest town in the department (by population), after Limoges and Saint-Junien. It can be considered as a commuter town.

Theo Sarapo, the singer, actor, and second husband of Édith Piaf died at Limoges on

August 28, 1970 on RD 941 at the Panazol exit, direction Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (Haute-Vienne). His car, a blue Citroen ID19, left the road at high speed and struck a tree the approximate height of Chateau de la Rue. He was removed from the wreckage and rushed to the Limoges hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries at the age of 34. He was buried in Paris at Père-Lachaise cemetery alongside Édith Piaf.

Population

Inhabitants are known as Panazolais.

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-87114#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|graph-pos = right

|1968 |3309

|1975 |5261

|1982 |7269

|1990 |8553

|1999 |9731

|2007 |10076

|2012 |10413

|2017 |10972

}}

See also

References

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{{Haute-Vienne communes}}

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Category:Communes of Haute-Vienne

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