Breda

Breda (Dutch pronunciation: [breːˈdaː] ( 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

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in the Netherlands

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Breda is twinned wi:

• Wrocław in Poland
• Brussels in Belgium
• Orange in Fraunce
• Dillenburg in Germany