Breda
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Breda (Template:Pronunciation) is a municipality an a ceety in the soothren pairt o the Netherlands. The name Breda derived frae brede Aa ('broad Aa') an refers tae the confluence o the rivers Mark an Aa. As a fortified ceety, the ceety wis a strategic military an poleetical significance. Although a direct Fiefdom o the Holy Roman Emperor, the ceety obtained a municipal chairter; the acquisition o Breda, through marriage bi the hoose o Nassau ensured that Breda wad be at the center o poleetical an social life in the Law Kintras.
Breda's urban aurie is hame tae an estimatit 316,000 fowk (2008).
[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Breda is twinned wi:
[edit] References
- ↑ Wrocław Official Website – Partnership Cities of Wrocław.
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