Bruz

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Commune in Brittany, France

Bruz
Commune
Castle of Carcé Castle of Carcé
Coat of arms of Bruz Coat of arms
Location of Bruz Map
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Coordinates: 48°01′32′′N 1°44′41′′W / 48.0256°N 1.7447°W / 48.0256; -1.7447
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Bruz
Intercommunality	Rennes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Salmon^[1]
Area ¹	29.95 km² (11.56 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	19,667
• Density	660/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35047 /35170
Elevation	12–99 m (39–325 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bruz (French pronunciation: [bʁy] , or non-standard: [bʁyz] ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography

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Bruz is located near the center of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, 14 km from Rennes. It is near the confluence of the rivers Vilaine and Seiche.

Population

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Inhabitants of Bruz are called Bruzois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,307	—
1800	2,173	−0.85%
1806	2,048	−0.98%
1821	2,198	+0.47%
1831	2,280	+0.37%
1836	2,233	−0.42%
1841	2,409	+1.53%
1846	2,460	+0.42%
1851	2,458	−0.02%
1856	2,530	+0.58%
1861	2,677	+1.14%
1866	3,006	+2.35%
1872	2,836	−0.97%
1876	2,828	−0.07%
1881	3,003	+1.21%
1886	3,126	+0.81%
1891	3,432	+1.89%
1896	3,503	+0.41%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,455	−0.28%
1906	2,864	−3.68%
1911	2,809	−0.39%
1921	2,751	−0.21%
1926	2,664	−0.64%
1931	2,900	+1.71%
1936	2,799	−0.71%
1946	2,820	+0.07%
1954	3,814	+3.85%
1962	4,213	+1.25%
1968	5,969	+5.98%
1975	7,281	+2.88%
1982	7,856	+1.09%
1990	8,114	+0.40%
1999	13,207	+5.56%
2007	15,031	+1.63%
2012	16,670	+2.09%
2017	18,266	+1.85%

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Mayors

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The current mayor is Philippe Salmon, elected in 2020.^[1] Previous mayors are:

Auguste Louapre (Miscellaneous Right), from 2014 to 2020;
Philippe Caffin (Miscellaneous Left), from 2008 to 2014;
Robert Barré (Union for French Democracy), from 1989 to 2008;
Alphonse Legault (Miscellaneous Right), from 1960 to 1989.

Several streets and places are named after previous mayors : François Joly (from 1919 to 1944), Joseph Jan.

The mairie (City hall) is right in the centre of the town.

Breton language

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In 2008, 3.76% of children attended bilingual primary schools.^[5] The municipality signed the Ya d'ar brezhoneg charter on 1 October 2011.^[6]

The Breton name of the commune is also Bruz.

Quarry accident

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On June 6, 1884, a quarry accident took place in Bruz that killed eight people, including two children. The catastrophe du Boël (disaster of Boël) resulted from a landslide that occurred in a quarry used to extract red shale for use in building. The quarry was located in a location called Boël