Fougères

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Fougères
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Coat of arms of Fougères
Fougères (France)
Fougères
region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré ( chef-lieu )
Canton Fougères-1 , Fougères-2
Community association Fougères agglomeration
Coordinates 48 ° 21 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  W
height 62-171 m
surface 10.46 km 2
Residents 20,418 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,952 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 35300
INSEE code
Website mairie-fougeres.fr

Fougères - View from the church

Fougeres ( Breton : Felger , Gallo : Feljerr ) is a French municipality with 20,418 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany .

geography

Fougères is in the east of Brittany. Neighboring municipalities are Laignelet in the northeast, Beaucé in the east, La Selle-en-Luitré in the southeast, Javené in the south and Lécousse in the west.

The river Couesnon runs along the southern boundary of the municipality, into which - crossing the municipality from the north - the Ruisseau de Greslay and the Nançon flow as right tributaries.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 24,279 26,045 26,610 24,362 22,239 21,779 20,941 20,418
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Fougères

  • Fougères is a town worth seeing, especially because of the picturesque city walls and the castle (Fougères was a border fortress to France). The constellation with the castle in the valley, the city on the mountain and a city wall that connects the castle and city with one another differs significantly from the layout of the other border fortresses of Rennes and Vitré .
  • The gallery tomb Pierre Courcoulée .

Town twinning

The castle of Fougères

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 578-604.

Web links

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