Brumath
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Chateau de Brumath, 1818
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 48°43′58″N 7°42′33″E / 48.7328°N 7.7092°ECoordinates: 48°43′58″N 7°42′33″E / 48.7328°N 7.7092°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Brumath | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Etienne Wolf | |
| Area1 | 29.54 km2 (11.41 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 9,737 | |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67067 / 67170 | |
| Elevation | 136–189 m (446–620 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Brumath, also Brumpt, is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Brumath occupies the site of the Roman Brocomagus.Maria Christina of Saxony, aunt of Louis XVI, died in the château in the city. The building was destroyed in the Revolution.
Brumath is located on the Zorn river, and is 17 km (11 mi) north of Strasbourg and 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Haguenau.
Brumath has a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church. The vaulted basement of the former castle of the Hanau-Lichtenberg family now houses the Musée archéologique, displaying findings made in and around the ancient Roman town of Brocomagus.
Brumath is served by the Route nationale 63, linking Strasbourg to Haguenau, and by the A4 autoroute. It has a railway station on the line linking Strasbourg and Metz.
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