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Brens is a commune in the Tarn department within the Occitanie region of France. It is situated in the arrondissement of Albi and the canton of Gaillac. The municipality borders the communes of Gaillac, Cadalen, Lagrave, and Montans, and is located next to the Tarn river. Its postal code is 81600, and it has an elevation of 196 meters above sea level.
The area of Brens is 22.79 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 2,423 residents and another citing 1,786. The male population is recorded as 1,126, while the female population is 1,179. The official website for the commune is ville-brens.fr.
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- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Tarn
- Arrondissement
- Albi
- Canton
- Gaillac
- Intercommunality
- CA Gaillac-Graulhet
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Sylvie Garcia
- Area
- 22.79 km (8.80 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,423
- Density
- 106.3/km (275.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 81038 /81600
- Elevation
- 103–196 m (338–643 ft) , (avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Brens
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Albi
- Population
- 2423
- Area
- 22.79
- Elevation
- 150
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Tarn
- Shares border with
- Técou
- Official website
- www.ville-brens.fr
- Image
- Brens.JPG
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- Commons category
- Brens (Tarn)
- postal code
- 81600
- different from
- Brens
- associated electoral district
- canton of Gaillac
- male population
- 1126
- female population
- 1179
- P8168
- Eris
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-63-57-05-04
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Travel guide
Understand
Brens is a village with local culture and many historical monuments. This village is known for a detention camp used as a reception centre for Spanish refugees, an accommodation centre for foreign Jewish refugees and a concentration camp for women too.
It's a village with very important history as it touches a lot of people.
Get in
To come in Brens you can use bus, car, plane or train. You can take a plane to Toulouse after arriving in Toulouse, you can take a train to Gaillac and once you've arrived in Gaillac, you can go to Brens with a free bus in centre of Gaillac.
Get around
In this village, you can get around with bike or buses.
There is also a free bus line that'll take you to Gaillac.
See
In Brens, you can see the principal catholic Church, the Church "Saint Eugène", because it is amazing and you can't be in Brens without seeing it.
There is architecture especially from the village and the streets are beautiful. Thanks to this architecture, there is a dovecote since a millenary years, it is one of the best monuments in Brens.
Do
In Brens, you can do sports like football or rugby as there are 2 football fields and 2 rugby fields. You can walk or ride bike throughout the calm and fresh fields.
Buy
In Brens, there are bakeries in centre for food and butcher's shop next to the bakery.
To buy memories or presents for your family you can buy village specialties like wine or another food at the bakery or market because on Saturday there is a market with many products of this village, it's very cool and interesting because when you buy specialties food or wine, the people explain history to you.
Sleep
In Brens, there are no hotels or places to sleep but there are hotels in Gaillac, which is next to Brens, 5 minutes by car to go to Gaillac or 20 minutes by walking.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Brens ( French pronunciation: [bʁɛ̃s]) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
The commune is listed as a Village étape.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.