Brusy

Brusy

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Brusy
Coordinates:
Country  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] (Kashubian: Brusë ;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.

There is a Kashubian Secondary School in the town.

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