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commune in Ain, France

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Brens is a small commune, or municipality, located in the Ain department in eastern France. It matters primarily as part of France's local administrative divisions and community structure, though it is not widely known outside the region.

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Place details

Locality
Brens
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Population
805

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Brens
Population
1123
Area
6.9
Elevation
254
Official website
www.brens01300.fr
Image
Église St Michel Brens Ain 11.jpg
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Commons category
Brens (Ain)
postal code
01300
male population
590
female population
576
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-4-79-81-91-27
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Travel guide

Understand

Brens is a village with local culture and many historical monuments. This village is known for a detention camp used as a reception centre for Spanish refugees, an accommodation centre for foreign Jewish refugees and a concentration camp for women too.

It's a village with very important history as it touches a lot of people.

Get in

To come in Brens you can use bus, car, plane or train. You can take a plane to Toulouse after arriving in Toulouse, you can take a train to Gaillac and once you've arrived in Gaillac, you can go to Brens with a free bus in centre of Gaillac.

Get around

In this village, you can get around with bike or buses.

There is also a free bus line that'll take you to Gaillac.

See

In Brens, you can see the principal catholic Church, the Church "Saint Eugène", because it is amazing and you can't be in Brens without seeing it.

There is architecture especially from the village and the streets are beautiful. Thanks to this architecture, there is a dovecote since a millenary years, it is one of the best monuments in Brens.

Do

In Brens, you can do sports like football or rugby as there are 2 football fields and 2 rugby fields. You can walk or ride bike throughout the calm and fresh fields.

Buy

In Brens, there are bakeries in centre for food and butcher's shop next to the bakery.

To buy memories or presents for your family you can buy village specialties like wine or another food at the bakery or market because on Saturday there is a market with many products of this village, it's very cool and interesting because when you buy specialties food or wine, the people explain history to you.

Sleep

In Brens, there are no hotels or places to sleep but there are hotels in Gaillac, which is next to Brens, 5 minutes by car to go to Gaillac or 20 minutes by walking.

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Brens ( French pronunciation: [bʁɛ̃s]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

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