Brive-la-gaillarde

Town, Corrèze département, Limousin région, south-central France. It lies along the Corrèze River west of the Massif Central, south of Limoges. Rock caves nearby show evidence of prehistoric occupation, and later inhabitants left some stone monuments. The town originated as the Roman Briva Curretiae (“Corrèze Bridge”). In the Middle Ages it was the capital of lower Limousin.