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Bruyères
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Bruyères is a commune in France, situated within the Vosges department and the Grand Est region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Bruyères and is located in both the arrondissement of Épinal and the arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. The town has a population of 3,187, comprising 1,366 males and 1,698 females. Its postal code is 88600, and it covers an area of 16.02 square kilometers.
The commune shares borders with Grandvillers, Laval-sur-Vologne, Laveline-devant-Bruyères, and Vervezelle. Bruyères is twinned with Vielsalm, Honolulu County, and Honolulu. According to GeoNames data, the location has an elevation of 477 meters and a population of 3,423. The official name of the municipality is Bruyères, and it is described in the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bruyères
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,423
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bruyères
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Bruyeres.svg
- French commune.image
- Bruyeres88.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A general view of Bruyères
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
- French commune.canton
- Bruyères
- French commune.INSEE
- 88078
- French commune.postal code
- 88600
- French commune.mayor
- Ludovic Durain
- French commune.term
- 2025–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges
- French commune.elevation m
- 493
- French commune.elevation min m
- 390
- French commune.elevation max m
- 704
- French commune.area km2
- 16.02
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bruyères
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
- Population
- 2923
- Area
- 16.02
- Elevation
- 493
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Fays
- Official website
- www.ville-bruyeres.fr
- Image
- Bruyeres88.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Bruyères
- twinned administrative body
- Honolulu
- Commons category
- Bruyères
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- Bruyères
- postal code
- 88600
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- associated electoral district
- canton of Bruyères
- male population
- 1366
- female population
- 1698
- P8168
- Felix Genzmer
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.ville-bruyeres.fr/fr/contact.html
- phone number
- +33-3-29-50-52-52
- fax number
- +33-3-29-50-12-09
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- History
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- Notable residents
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Bruyères () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The town built up around a castle built on a hill in the locality in the 6th century. It was the birthplace of Jean Lurçat, in 1892.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bruyères” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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