Bruyères-le-Châtel | |
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Coordinates: 48°35′37″N 2°11′33″E / 48.5935°N 2.1925°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Essonne |
Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
Canton | Arpajon |
Intercommunality | CA Cœur d'Essonne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Rouyer [1] |
Area 1 | 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 3,584 |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
91115 /91680 |
Elevation | 48–168 m (157–551 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bruyères-le-Châtel (French pronunciation: [bʁɥijɛʁ lǝ ʃɑtɛl] ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
A nunnery was founded at Bruyères-le-Châtel by a noblewoman named Clotilde. The charter endowing the monastery is dated to 10 March 673 and is among the oldest original private charters which survive from Merovingian Francia.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,521 | — |
1975 | 2,103 | +4.74% |
1982 | 2,199 | +0.64% |
1990 | 2,536 | +1.80% |
1999 | 3,013 | +1.93% |
2007 | 3,077 | +0.26% |
2012 | 3,513 | +2.69% |
2017 | 3,302 | −1.23% |
Source: INSEE [3] |
Inhabitants of Bruyères-le-Châtel are known as Bruyérois in French.