La Bruyère, Haute-Saône Explained

La Bruyère
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason La Bruyère.svg
Coordinates:47.8314°N 6.4853°W
Insee:70103
Postal Code:70280
Arrondissement:Lure
Canton:Mélisey
Mayor:Bernard Girard[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Elevation Min M:309
Elevation Max M:426
Area Km2:6.32

La Bruyère (in French pronounced as /la bʁɥijɛʁ/) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in eastern France.

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  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 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41925645?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents