Brumath

Brumath, also Brumpt, is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Brumath
Commune
Chateau de Brumath, 1818
Coat of arms
Location of Brumath
Brumath Brumath
Coordinates: 48°43′58″N 7°42′33″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Brumath
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Etienne Wolf[1]
Area ^1	29.54 km^2 (11.41 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	9,986
• Density	340/km^2 (880/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Brumath occupies the site of the Roman Brocomagus.[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 Route nationale 63, 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
• Brumath transmitter

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brumath" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 680.

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