Brusy
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| Brusy | |||
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| Coordinates: 53°53′8″N 17°43′19″E / 53.88556°N 17.72194°E | |||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Pomeranian | ||
| County | Chojnice | ||
| Gmina | Brusy | ||
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| • Total | 5.1 km2 (2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 4,582 | ||
| • Density | 898.4/km2 (2,326.9/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 89-632 | ||
| Website | http://brusy.pl/ | ||
Brusy [ˈbrusɨ] (Kashubian: Brusë ;German: Bruß) is a town located in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship. In the 19th century it was an important centre of the Kashub movement.
Brusy became a town in 1988.
In World War II Brusy was the location of the Nazis' Brusy concentration camp – a sub-camp of the concentration camp at Stutthof.
There is a Kashubian Secondary School in the town.
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Coordinates: 53°53′N 17°43′E / 53.883°N 17.717°E
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