History

Brusque is a city of 102,280 inhabitants in Santa Catarina

Santa Catarina (state)

Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. It was founded in 1860, by 55 German immigrants. The majority of the population are German immigrants but also include Italians and Poles.

Sports

The official football team is Brusque Futebol Clube

Brusque Futebol Clube

Brusque Futebol Clube, usually known just as Brusque, is a football club from Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded on October 12, 1987...

, founded on October 12, 1987..

Brusque has a strong women's volleyball team, in the Brazilian Super League

Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol

The Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol is the top level Brazilian volleyball competition and it is organized by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation. There are both men's and women's competitions...

Curiosities

- Brusque, the city is a pioneer in the invention of the Voting machine, and the first polling station to use it was also in Brusque (1988).

- First Latin American city to have public computers (1995)

- Headquarters of the first spinning industry of Santa Catarina (1892 - Textile Factory Renaux).

- Headquarters of the only English colony of Santa Catarina (1867).

- The only city in Brazil to use chlorine dioxide to treat water consumed by the population.

Notable natives

• Murilo Fischer
  Murilo Fischer
  Murilo Antonio Fischer is a Brazilian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . Prior to moving to Garmin, Fischer had raced his whole career with Italian teams, having begun his career with Domina Vacanze in 2004, before moving to UCI Professional Continental team...
  
   - Professional road bicycle racer
  Road bicycle racing
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• Ederson Tormena
  Ederson Tormena
  Ederson Tormena is a Brazilian football player who plays in the midfield. He currently plays for KRC Genk in Belgium.-Career:...
  
  - Footballer.