Brumath
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| Chateau de Brumath, 1818 Chateau de Brumath, 1818 | |
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Coat of arms of Brumath Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Brumath |
| Intercommunality | CA Haguenau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Etienne Wolf[1] |
Area 1 | 29.54 km2 (11.41 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67067 /67170 |
| Elevation | 136–189 m (446–620 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Brumath (French pronunciation: [bʁymat] Audio file "LL-Q150 (fra)-Mathieu Kappler-Brumath.wav" not found; Alsatian: Bröömt) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[2]
History
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Brumath occupies the site of the Roman Brocomagus.[3] Maria Christina of Saxony, aunt of Louis XVI, died in the château in the city. The building was partly demolished in the Revolution.[4]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Brumath is located on the Zorn river, and is 17 km (11 mi) north of Strasbourg and 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Haguenau.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 7,357 | — |
| 1975 | 6,888 | −0.94% |
| 1982 | 7,702 | +1.61% |
| 1990 | 8,182 | +0.76% |
| 1999 | 8,930 | +0.98% |
| 2007 | 9,825 | +1.20% |
| 2012 | 10,072 | +0.50% |
| 2017 | 9,986 | −0.17% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Landmarks
[edit | edit source]Brumath has a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church. The Protestant church is housed in the former castle of the Hanau-Lichtenberg family since 1804.[4] The vaulted basement of the castle also houses the Musée archéologique, displaying findings made in and around the ancient Roman town of Brocomagus.
Transportation
[edit | edit source]Brumath is served by the Route nationale 63, linking Strasbourg to Haguenau, and by the A4 autoroute. It has a railway station on the line linking Strasbourg and Metz.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- George Brumder's ancestry is from Brumath as is the origin of his surname.
- Maria Christina of Saxony died in Brumath.
- The great-great-grandmother of J. K. Rowling, Salomé Schuch, lived in Brumath.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Battle of Brumath
- Bernard Schreiner (1937-2020), French politician born in Brumath
- Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
References
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- ^ INSEE commune file
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- ^ a b Base Mérimée: Château, temple, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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