La Bouëxière
La Bouëxière
Beuzid-ar-C’hoadoù (Breton) | |
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The town hall of La Bouëxière | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of La Bouëxière | |
La Bouëxière La Bouëxière | |
| Coordinates: 48°11′05″N 1°26′12″W / 48.1847°N 1.4367°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Rennes |
| Canton | Liffré |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Piquet[1] |
Area 1 | 49.68 km2 (19.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,602 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35031 /35340 |
| Elevation | 42–125 m (138–410 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Bouëxière (French pronunciation: [la bwɛksjɛʁ] or [la bwɛsjɛʁ]; Breton: Beuzid-ar-C'hoadoù) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
It is situated 19 km (12 mi) from Rennes in the forest of Rennes.
Its mayor is Stéphane Piquet, who was re-elected in 2020.[3]
Population
Inhabitants of La Bouëxière are called Bouexièrais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,965 | — |
| 1975 | 2,142 | +1.24% |
| 1982 | 2,667 | +3.18% |
| 1990 | 3,027 | +1.60% |
| 1999 | 3,503 | +1.64% |
| 2007 | 3,875 | +1.27% |
| 2012 | 3,983 | +0.55% |
| 2017 | 4,447 | +2.23% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
International relations
La Bouëxière is twinned with Wingrave in England and Hambrücken in Germany.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "La Bouëxière. Stéphane Piquet réélu maire pour la 3e fois". Ouest-France. 27 May 2020.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Jumelages, Mairie La Boëxière, accessed 22 April 2020
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Bouëxière.
- Mairie La Boëxière
- Cultural Heritage (in French)
- La Bouëxière website(in French)