Brusy

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Brusy
Coat of arms of Brusy
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Brusy (Poland)
Brusy
Brusy
Coordinates: 53°53′8″N 17°43′19″E / 53.88556, 17.72194
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Chojnice
Gmina Brusy
Area
 - Total 5.1 km² (2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 4,582
 - Density 898.4/km² (2,326.9/sq mi)
Postal code 89-632
Website: http://brusy.pl/

Brusy [ˈbrusɨ] (German: Bruß) is a town located in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship. In the 19th century it was an important centre of the Kashub movement.

Brusy became a town in 1988.

In World War II Brusy was the location of the Nazis' Brusy concentration camp – a sub-camp of the concentration camp at Stutthof.

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Coordinates: 53°53′N, 17°43′E