Bruz
Bruz | |
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 Castle of Carcé | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bruz  | |
  Bruz  Bruz | |
| Coordinates:48°01′32″N1°44′41″W/ 48.0256°N 1.7447°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Rennes |
| Canton | Bruz |
| Intercommunality | Rennes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Philippe Salmon[1] |
Area 1 | 29.95 km2(11.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 19,651 |
| • Density | 660/km2(1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35047/35170 |
| Elevation | 12–99 m (39–325 ft) |
| 1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bruz(French pronunciation:[bʁy]or[bʁyz]) is acommunein theIlle-et-VilainedepartmentinBrittanyin northwesternFrance.
Geography
[edit]Bruz is located near the center of theIlle-et-Vilainedepartment,14 km fromRennes.It is near the confluence of the riversVilaineandSeiche.
Population
[edit]Inhabitants of Bruz are calledBruzoisin French.
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Mayors
[edit]The current mayor is Philippe Salmon, elected in 2020.[1]Previous mayors are:
- Auguste Louapre (Miscellaneous Right), from 2014 to 2020;
- Philippe Caffin (Miscellaneous Left), from 2008 to 2014;
- Robert Barré (Union for French Democracy), from 1989 to 2008;
- Alphonse Legault (Miscellaneous Right), from 1960 to 1989.
Several streets and places are named after previous mayors:François Joly(from 1919 to 1944), Joseph Jan.
Themairie(City hall) is right in the centre of the town.
Breton language
[edit]In 2008, 3.76% of children attended bilingual primary schools.[5]The municipality signed theYa d'ar brezhonegcharter on 1 October 2011.[6]
The Breton name of the commune is also Bruz.
Quarry accident
[edit]On June 6, 1884, a quarry accident took place in Bruz that killed eight people, including two children. Thecatastrophe du Boël(disaster of Boël) resulted from a landslide that occurred in aquarryused to extract red shale for use in building. The quarry was located in a location called Boël
See also
[edit]- Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
- The works of Jean FréourSculptor of work in Bruz church
Bruz houses 2e régiment dumatériel(2nd RMAT).
References
[edit]- ^ab"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises(in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui:Commune data sheet Bruz,EHESS(in French).
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE
- ^(in French)Ofis ar Brezhoneg:Enseignement bilingue
- ^(in French)Plus de 100 personnes à la signature de Ya d'ar brezhoneg
External links
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- Official website(in French)
- Base Mérimée:Search for heritage in the commune,Ministère français de la Culture.(in French)
- Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine AssociationArchived14 January 2012 at theWayback Machine(in French)
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