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Bruyères le Châtel

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Essonne

Intercommunality
  
Arpajonnais

Area
  
12.9 km²

Arrondissement
  
Palaiseau

Region
  
Île-de-France

Canton
  
Arpajon

Population (2006)
  
3,120

Local time
  
Sunday 2:56 AM

Bruyères-le-Châtel

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 89% Humidity

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Bruyères-le-Châtel is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

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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.

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

References

Bruyères-le-Châtel Wikipedia