Bruz (French pronunciation: [bʁy], or non-standard: [bʁyz]) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Bruz is located near the center of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, 14 km from Rennes.
[5] The municipality signed the Ya d'ar brezhoneg charter on 1 October 2011.
On June 6, 1884, a quarry accident took place in Bruz that killed eight people, including two children.
The catastrophe du Boël (disaster of Boël) resulted from a landslide that occurred in a quarry used to extract red shale for use in building.