Bruyères-le-Châtel

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Coordinates: 48°35′37″N 2°11′34″E / 48.59361, 2.19278

Commune of Bruyères-le-Châtel
Location
Coordinates	48°35′37″N 2°11′34″E / 48.59361, 2.19278
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Arpajon
Intercommunality	CC de l'Arpajonnais
Mayor	Thierry Rouyer (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	48 m–168 m
Land area¹	12.90 km²
Population² (1999)	3,013
- Density	234/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	91115/ 91680
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.

Bruyères-le-Châtel is a town and a commune in the Essonne département, in the French region of Île-de-France.

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

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.

[edit] Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was 3,013. The estimate for 2005 was 3,015.

Inhabitants of Bruyères-le-Châtel are known as Bruyérois.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

[edit] References

• Mayors of Essonne Association (French)
• INSEE (English)
• IGN (English)

[edit] External links

• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)