Bruyères-le-Châtel
Bruyères-le-Châtel | |
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The town hall of Bruyères | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Bruyères-le-Châtel | |
Bruyères-le-Châtel Bruyères-le-Châtel | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′37″N 2°11′33″E / 48.5935°N 2.1925°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Canton | Arpajon |
| Intercommunality | CA Cœur d'Essonne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Rouyer[1] |
Area 1 | 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,738 |
| • Density | 289.8/km2 (750.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 91115 /91680 |
| Elevation | 48–168 m (157–551 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bruyères-le-Châtel (French pronunciation: [bʁɥijɛʁ lǝ ʃɑtɛl] ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
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.
In February 2025, it was announced that the French firm Eclairion would be opening a data center in the commune, occupying an area of 4 hectares (9.9 acres), with up to 60 megawatts of capacity. One company that would be taking advantage of this data center would be Mistral AI.[3][4]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,521 | — |
| 1975 | 2,103 | +4.74% |
| 1982 | 2,199 | +0.64% |
| 1990 | 2,536 | +1.80% |
| 1999 | 3,013 | +1.93% |
| 2007 | 3,077 | +0.26% |
| 2012 | 3,513 | +2.69% |
| 2017 | 3,302 | −1.23% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Inhabitants of Bruyères-le-Châtel are known as Bruyérois in French.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Gooding, Matthew (2025-02-17). "French data center firm Eclairion raises €50m, hosts Mistral AI cluster". www.datacenterdynamics.com. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ Lec'hvien, Julien (2025-02-19). "Intelligence artificielle : en Essonne, des supercalculateurs dans des conteneurs au service des entreprises". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bruyères-le-Châtel.
- Official website
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)