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{{Infobox French commune |name = Broons |native name = Bronn |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image coat of arms = COA fr Broons (Côtes-d'Armor).svg |image coat of arms size = |coat of arms legend = |image = Broons place 1.jpg |caption = The main thoroughfare of Broons |coordinates = {{coord|48.3181|-2.2595|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |INSEE = 22020 |postal code = 22250 |arrondissement = Dinan |canton = Broons |mayor = Denis Laguitton<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Dinan Agglomération]] |elevation min m = 45 |elevation max m = 143 |area km2 = 35.21 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Broons''' ({{IPA|fr|bʁɔ̃}}; {{Langx|br|Bronn}}; [[Gallo language|Gallo]]: ''Bron'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] in northwestern [[France]].

The commune is listed as a [[Village étape]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://village-etape.fr/village-etape/broons/|title=Broons &#124; Village Étape}}</ref>

==International relations== Broons is twinned with the town [[Neufahrn i.NB]] in [[Bavaria]] since 1971.

==Population==

Inhabitants of Broons are called ''Broonais'' in French. {{Historical populations |align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|6043|Broons}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2023)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-22020#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1793 |2099 |1800 |2101 |1806 |1857 |1821 |2232 |1831 |2455 |1836 |2527 |1841 |2502 |1846 |2559 |1851 |2506 |1856 |2463 |1861 |2569 |1866 |2738 |1872 |2644 |1876 |2832 |1881 |2757 |1886 |2733 |1891 |2756 |1896 |2816 |1901 |2812 |1906 |2867 |1911 |2835 |1921 |2511 |1926 |2520 |1931 |2408 |1936 |2447 |1946 |2442 |1954 |2430 |1962 |2340 |1968 |2256 |1975 |2432 |1982 |2389 |1990 |2327 |1999 |2382 |2007 |2786 |2012 |2983 |2017 |2886 |2023 |2943 }}

== Heraldry ==

{{Blazon-arms | img1=COA fr Broons (Côtes-d'Armor).svg | legend1= Arms of Broons, derived from the arms of [[Bertrand du Guesclin]] | description=D'argent à une aigle bicéphale éployée de sable, becquée et armée de gueules, et une cotice brochant en bande de gueules. | text=The current Arms of Broons, derived from the arms of [[Bertrand du Guesclin]]:<ref>Selon ''Le Patrimoine des Communes du Pays Sud de Dinan''</ref><ref name="marikavel">{{Cite web|url=http://marikavel.com/bretagne/broons/accueil.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303043909/http://marikavel.com/bretagne/broons/accueil.htm|title=Broons / Bronn. Encyclopédie Marikavel des noms de lieux.|archivedate=3 March 2016|website=marikavel.com}}</ref><br />''Argent a double-headed eagle displayed Sable beaked and armed Gules, overall a bendlet Gules.'' }}

{{Blazon-arms | img1=Héraldique - ancien blason de Broons.svg | legend1=Ancient Arms of Broons | description=D'azur à la croix d'argent frettée de gueules, qui est Broons. | text=Ancient Arms of Broons.<ref>From the armoire of Guillemette de Milon, [[abbess]] of {{Interlanguage link|Abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle|fr|3=Abbaye Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle|lt=Saint-Sulpice}} circa 1435, ''une des parties est blasonnée comme précédemment écrit.''</ref><ref>Source : [http://www.infobretagne.com/abbaye_de_saint-sulpice.htm Page du site Infobretagne.com sur l'abbaye de Saint-Sulpice].</ref> These arms are also found on blazons of the lords of [[Derval]].<ref>[http://culture.cg44.fr/Musee/collections/base_donnees/blasons/base/blason_1050.html Blason De Derval sur le site culture.cg44.fr] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029024059/http://culture.cg44.fr/Musee/collections/base_donnees/blasons/base/blason_1050.html |date=October 29, 2007 }}</ref> Such arms are attested for a family surnamed Bron, originally of Lutry (Vaud, Suisse), in the 17th century.<ref>Référence : Armorial vaudois</ref>}} Blazon: ''Azure a cross Argent fretty Gules.''

==Personalities== [[Image:Guesclin retrato.JPG|thumb|Bertrand du Guesclin, made Constable of France by the King of France.]] * [[Bertrand du Guesclin]], French [[knight]] and [[constable of France]] during the [[Hundred Years' War]], born in Broons in 1320. * [[Olivier de Clisson]], French [[knight]] and [[constable of France]].

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==See also== *[[Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Broons}} *[http://www.broons.fr Official website] {{in lang|fr}}

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