Brumath

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Brumath
Commune
Chateau de Brumath, 1818
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°43′58″N 7°42′33″E / 48.7328°N 7.7092°E / 48.7328; 7.7092Coordinates: 48°43′58″N 7°42′33″E / 48.7328°N 7.7092°E / 48.7328; 7.7092
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Brumath
Intercommunality	CA Haguenau
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Etienne Wolf[1]
Area 1	29.54 km2 (11.41 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	9,970
• Density	340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67067 /67170
Elevation	136–189 m (446–620 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brumath (French pronunciation: ​[bʁymat]), also Brumpt, is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

History[]

Brumath occupies the site of the Roman .^[3] Maria Christina of Saxony, aunt of Louis XVI, died in the château in the city. The building was destroyed in the Revolution.

Geography[]

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.

Landmarks[]

Brumath has a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church. The Protestant church, since 1804, is housed in the former castle of the Hanau-Lichtenberg family. The vaulted basement of the castle also houses the Musée archéologique, displaying findings made in and around the ancient Roman town of Brocomagus.

Transportation[]

Brumath is served by the , linking Strasbourg to Haguenau, and by the A4 autoroute. It has a railway station on the line linking Strasbourg and Metz.

Notable people[]

• George Brumder's ancestry is from Brumath as is the origin of his surname.
• Maria Christina of Saxony died in Brumath.
• The great-great-grandmother of J. K. Rowling, Salomé Schuch, lived in Brumath.

See also[]

• Battle of Brumath
• Bernard Schreiner (1937-2020), French politician born in Brumath
• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

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