La Bruyère, Haute-Saône

La Bruyère is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in eastern France.

La Bruyère
The town hall in La Bruyère
Location of La Bruyère
La Bruyère
La Bruyère
Coordinates: 47°49′53″N 6°29′07″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentHaute-Saône
ArrondissementLure
CantonMélisey
Area
1
6.32 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
221
  Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
70103 /70280
Elevation309–426 m (1,014–1,398 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It was the birthplace (1874) of Albert Mathiez, a prominent historian of the French Revolution, born to a local innkeeper's family, who later moved to Paris and achieved a successful academic career.[2]

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References

  1. "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. Jean Dautry, "ALBERT MATHIEZ, HISTORIEN DE LA RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE", Annales historiques de la Révolution française, 34e Année, No. 168 (Avril-Juin 1962), pp. 129-151


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