Broons
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This article is about the town in Britanny. For the long running scottish comic strip, see The Broons.
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Commune of Broons |
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| Bronn | ||
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| Broons's town square | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Bretagne | |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Dinan | |
| Canton | Broons (chief town) | |
| Intercommunality | C.C. du Pays de Du Guesclin | |
| Mayor | Michel Lamarche (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 45 m–143 m | |
| Land area¹ | 35.21 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
2,382 | |
| - Density | 67/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 22020/ 22250 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Broons (Breton: Bronn, Gallo: Bron) is a town and commune in the Côtes-d'Armor département, Brittany, France.
The town is famous for being the birth town of Bertrand du Guesclin, born around 1320 at the castle of Motte-Broons.
Broons is twinned with the town Neufahrn i.NB in Bavaria since 1971.
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[edit] Demographics
Inhabitants of Broons are called Broonais.
As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 2,382.
[edit] Famous people
Bertrand du Guesclin, French knight and constable of France during the Hundred Years' War, war born in Broons in 1320.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
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