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
|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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{{Commons category}}
{{Haute-Vienne communes}}
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Category:Communes of Haute-Vienne
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