Broons

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Broons Bronn
Broons
Location within Brittany region  Broons
Administration
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Broons
Intercommunality	Pays de Du Guesclin
Mayor	Michel Lamarche (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	45–143 m (148–469 ft)
Land area1	35.21 km2 (13.59 sq mi)
Population2	2,829  (2008)
- Density	80 /km2 (210 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	22020/ 22250
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°19′05″N 2°15′34″W / 48.3181°N 2.2595°W / 48.3181; -2.2595

Broons (Breton: Bronn, Gallo: Bron) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.

International relations

Broons is twinned with the town Neufahrn i.NB in Bavaria since 1971.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1778	2,077	—
1836	2,527	+21.7%
1850	2,559	+1.3%
1870	2,738	+7.0%
1880	2,844	+3.9%
1890	2,733	−3.9%
1906	2,867	+4.9%
1916	2,835	−1.1%
1922	2,439	−14.0%
1936	2,447	+0.3%
1946	2,442	−0.2%
1954	2,430	−0.5%
1962	2,172	−10.6%
1968	2,256	+3.9%
1975	2,432	+7.8%
1982	2,389	−1.8%
1990	2,327	−2.6%
1999	2,382	+2.4%
2008	2,829	+18.8%

Inhabitants of Broons are called Broonais.

Personalities

Bertrand du Guesclin, French knight and constable of France during the Hundred Years' War, born in Broons in 1320.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website (French)