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Brens

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commune in Tarn, France

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Place details

Locality
Brens
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Population
1,786

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Key facts

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

Official name
Brens
Population
2423
Area
22.79
Elevation
150
Official website
www.ville-brens.fr
Image
Brens.JPG
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Commons category
Brens (Tarn)
postal code
81600
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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Article

Brens ( French pronunciation: [bʁɛ̃s]) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

The commune is listed as a Village étape.

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