Panazol

Panazol Panasòu (Occitan)
Commune
Château de la Beausserie - The Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Panazol
Panazol Show map of France Panazol Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°50′23″N 1°18′39″E / 45.8397°N 1.3108°E / 45.8397; 1.3108
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Limoges
Canton	Panazol
Intercommunality	CU Limoges Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Doucet[1]
Area 1	20.05 km2 (7.74 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	11,342
• Density	565.7/km2 (1,465/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	87114 /87350
Elevation	215–351 m (705–1,152 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Panazol (French pronunciation: [panazɔl]; Occitan: 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.

Théo Sarapo, the singer, actor, and second husband of Édith Piaf died at Limoges on 28 August 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 population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 3,309 —     1975 5,261 +6.85% 1982 7,269 +4.73% 1990 8,553 +2.05% 1999 9,731 +1.44% 2007 10,076 +0.44% 2012 10,413 +0.66% 2017 10,972 +1.05% 2023 11,342 +0.55% Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department

References