Bruz

Commune in Brittany, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bruz

(2020–2026) Philippe Salmon^[1]Area

29.95 km² (11.56 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

19,651 • Density660/km² (1,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

35047 /35170

Elevation12–99 m (39–325 ft)¹ French 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 a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography

Bruz is located near the center of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, 14 km from Rennes. It is near the confluence of the rivers Vilaine and Seiche.

Population

Inhabitants of Bruz are called Bruzois in French.

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Mayors

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.

The mairie (City hall) is right in the centre of the town.

Breton language

In 2008, 3.76% of children attended bilingual primary schools.^[5] The municipality signed the Ya d'ar brezhoneg charter on 1 October 2011.^[6]

The Breton name of the commune is also Bruz.

References

^ ^a ^b "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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bruz.

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 14 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French)