Bruley () is a
commune in the
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.[department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in northeastern
France
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.
Bruley is notable for its
wine production
Winemaking or vinification is the production of wine, starting with the selection of the fruit, its fermentation into alcohol, and the bottling of the finished liquid. The history of wine-making stretches over millennia. The science of wine and w ...
.
Population
Personalities
* Jean-Baptiste Vatelot (1688 – 1748), the
canon who founded the
Sisters of the Christian Doctrine (Nancy)
The Sisters of the Christian Doctrine of Nancy (French: ''Sœurs de la Doctrine Chrétienne de Nancy'') (D.C.) is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church for women, whose primary mission is the teaching and nursing of the poor. Its member ...
and the grandson of the ''Maire''
ayorof Bruley, François Vatelot (1636 – 1697)
* Claude Manet, the current Mayor of Bruley
* Marcel Laroppe, the former manager of the ''Société Vinicole du Toulois''
See also
*
Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
*
Parc naturel régional de Lorraine
Lorraine Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel régional de Lorraine'') is a protected area of pastoral countryside in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, in the historic region of Lorraine. The park covers a total area of . The ...
References
Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle
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