Breda: Ceety in North Brabant, Netherlands
Breda (Dutch pronunciation: ( listen)) is a municipality an a ceety in the province o North Brabant, 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. Awtho a direct Fiefdom o the Holy Roman Emperor, the ceety obtained a municipal chairter; the acquisition o Breda, throu marriage bi the hoose o Nassau ensured that Breda wad be at the centre o poleetical an social life in the Law Kintras.
Breda's urban aurie is hame tae an estimatit 316,000 fowk (2008).
Internaitional relations
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Breda is twinned wi:
References
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