Bruyères-le-Châtel

Bruyères-le-Châtel 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.

Population
Inhabitants of Bruyères-le-Châtel are known as Bruyérois in French.