Brumath

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Coordinates: 48°43′58″N 7°42′33″E / 48.732778, 7.709167

Commune of Brumath Coat of arms of Brumath
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Strasbourg-Campagne
Canton	Brumath (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	C.C. de la région de Brumath
Mayor	Etienne Wolf (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	136 m–189 m
Land area¹	29.54 km²
Population² (1999)	8,930
- Density	302/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	67067/ 67170
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Brumath^[1] is a commune of the Bas-Rhin département, in France.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Features 4 Transportation 5 See also 6 References and notes

[edit] History

Brumath occupies the site of the Roman Brocomagus^[2].

[edit] Geography

Brumath is located on the Zorn river.

It is 17 km north of Strasbourg and 13 km south of Haguenau

[edit] Features

Brumath has a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church.

[edit] Transportation

Brumath is served by the Route nationale 63, linking Strasbourg to Haguenau, and by the A4 autoroute.

[edit] See also

• Battle of Brumath
• Bernard Schreiner (born 1937), French politician born in Brumath

[edit] References and notes

Coordinates: 48°44′N, 7°43′E