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La Bruyère
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La Bruyère is a commune in the Haute-Saône department of France, situated within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It lies in the canton of Faucogney-et-la-Mer and the arrondissement of Lure, while its associated electoral district is the canton of Mélisey. The town is located within the Ballons des Vosges Regional Natural Park and shares borders with Amage, Breuchotte, La Corbière, and Esboz-Brest.
The commune covers an area of 6.32 square kilometers and has an elevation of 426 meters above sea level. Its population is 221, comprising 107 males and 111 females. The official postal code is 70280.
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It is catalogued under the topic Communes of Haute-Saône.
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- Locality
- La Bruyère
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 389
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Department
- Haute-Saône
- Arrondissement
- Lure
- Canton
- Mélisey
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Bernard Girard
- Area
- 6.32 km (2.44 sq mi)
- Density
- 25.8/km (66.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 70103 /70280
- Elevation
- 309–426 m (1,014–1,398 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Bruyère
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Haute-Saône
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 163
- Area
- 6.32
- Elevation
- 365
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- La Proiselière-et-Langle
- Official website
- www.cc-1000etangs.fr/intercommunalite/la-bruyere.htm
- Image
- La Bruyère, Mairie.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Bruyère (Haute-Saône)
- postal code
- 70280
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mélisey
- male population
- 107
- female population
- 111
- located in protected area
- Ballons des Vosges Regional Natural Park
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-84-40-55-45
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Encyclopedic overview
La Bruyère ( French pronunciation: [la bʁɥijɛʁ]) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in eastern France.
It was the birthplace (1874) of Albert Mathiez, a prominent historian of the French Revolution, born to a very local innkeeper's family, who later moved to the city of Paris and achieved a successful academic career.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Bruyère” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.