Brumath

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Brumath occupies the site of the Roman <i>Brocomagus</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
<a href="/facts/Princess_Maria_Christina_of_Saxony_(1735%25E2%2580%25931782)/KzoWtQ03">Maria Christina of Saxony</a>, aunt of <a href="/facts/Louis_XVI/NbCK1Mk3">Louis XVI</a>,  died in the château in the city. The building was partly demolished in the Revolution.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2>
<p>Brumath is located on the <a href="/facts/Zorn_(river)/aR34WxBn">Zorn</a> river, and is 17 km (11 mi) north of <a href="/facts/Strasbourg/MTdQtoPy">Strasbourg</a> and 13 km (8.1 mi) south of <a href="/facts/Haguenau/k6R9eU3X">Haguenau</a>.
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<h2 id="population">Population</h2>
Historical population<table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Pop.</th><th>±% p.a.</th></tr><tr><th>1968 </th><td>7,357</td><td>—    </td></tr><tr><th>1975 </th><td>6,888</td><td>−0.94%</td></tr><tr><th>1982 </th><td>7,702</td><td>+1.61%</td></tr><tr><th>1990 </th><td>8,182</td><td>+0.76%</td></tr><tr><th>1999 </th><td>8,930</td><td>+0.98%</td></tr><tr><th>2007 </th><td>9,825</td><td>+1.20%</td></tr><tr><th>2012 </th><td>10,072</td><td>+0.50%</td></tr><tr><th>2017 </th><td>9,986</td><td>−0.17%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Source: INSEE<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="landmarks">Landmarks</h2>
<p>Brumath has a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church. The Protestant church is housed in the former castle of the Hanau-Lichtenberg family since 1804.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The vaulted basement of the castle also houses the <a href="/facts/Mus%25C3%25A9e_arch%25C3%25A9ologique_(Brumath)/80XaRmQR"><i>Musée archéologique</i></a>, displaying findings made in and around the ancient Roman town of <i>Brocomagus</i>.
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<h2 id="transportation">Transportation</h2>
<p>Brumath is served by the <a href="/facts/Route_nationale_63/NFYlJsQl">Route nationale 63</a>, linking Strasbourg to Haguenau, and by the <a href="/facts/A4_autoroute/FQyDtxHq">A4 autoroute</a>.
It has a <a href="/facts/Railway_station/9nTmC6vf">railway station</a> on the line linking Strasbourg and <a href="/facts/Metz/IgGFKcq6">Metz</a>.
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<h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/George_Brumder/wl9X0Jsp">George Brumder</a>'s ancestry is from Brumath as is the origin of his surname.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Princess_Maria_Christina_of_Saxony_(1735%25E2%2580%25931782)/KzoWtQ03">Maria Christina of Saxony</a> died in Brumath.</li>
<li>The great-great-grandmother of <a href="/facts/J._K._Rowling/hdgs1Nv3">J. K. Rowling</a>,  Salomé Schuch, lived in Brumath.</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Battle_of_Brumath/7Kxrueah">Battle of Brumath</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bernard_Schreiner/KvD1E4K3">Bernard Schreiner</a> (1937-2020), French politician born in Brumath</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Communes_of_the_Bas-Rhin_department/DrT7pgVc">Communes of the Bas-Rhin department</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="https://www.brumath.fr/">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>INSEE commune file <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67067-brumath" target="_blank">https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67067-brumath</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brumath" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 680. <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" target="_blank">/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Base Mérimée: Château, temple, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) <a href="/wiki/Base_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e" target="_blank">/wiki/Base_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-67067#ancre-POP_T1" target="_blank">https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-67067#ancre-POP_T1</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Base Mérimée: Château, temple, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) <a href="/wiki/Base_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e" target="_blank">/wiki/Base_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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