Panazol | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Panazol (Haute-Vienne).svg |
Coordinates: | 45.8397°N 1.3108°W |
Insee: | 87114 |
Postal Code: | 87350 |
Arrondissement: | Limoges |
Canton: | Panazol |
Intercommunality: | CU Limoges Métropole |
Mayor: | Fabien Doucet[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Elevation Min M: | 215 |
Elevation Max M: | 351 |
Area Km2: | 20.05 |
Panazol (pronounced as /fr/; 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 onAugust 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.
Inhabitants are known as Panazolais.