La Bouëxière
La Bouëxière Beuzid-ar-C'hoadoù |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
Arrondissement | Rennes | |
Canton | Liffré | |
Community association | Liffré-Cormier Community | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 11 ′ N , 1 ° 26 ′ W | |
height | 42–125 m | |
surface | 49.68 km 2 | |
Residents | 4,447 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 90 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 35340 | |
INSEE code | 35031 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-labouexiere.fr | |
Town hall of La Bouëxière |
La Bouëxière ( Breton : Beuzid-ar-C'hoadoù ) is a French municipality with 4447 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . La Bouëxière belongs to the Arrondissement of Rennes and is part of the canton of Liffré . The inhabitants are called Bouexièrais (es) .
geography
La Bouëxière is located about 19 kilometers east-northeast of Rennes . The Veuvre forms the Étang du Chevré , flows through the municipality and then forms the western municipal boundary. La Bouëxière is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Liffré in the north and west, Dourdain in the east and northeast, Val-d'Izé in the east, Marpiré in the southeast, Châteaubourg and Servon-sur-Vilaine in the south and Acigné in the southwest.
history
At the end of the 6th century, La Bouëxière is said to have emerged from the Allion (or Rallion) priory.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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Residents | 1,870 | 1.965 | 2.142 | 2,667 | 3,027 | 3,503 | 3,916 | 3,847 |
Attractions
- Ruins of the donjon and the hill fort (Motte) by Chevré, created in the 12th and 13th centuries, with chapel and bridge since 1995 Monument historique
- Saint-Martin-de-Tours church from the 16th and 19th centuries
- Saint-Martin-de-Tours priory church
- Allion Priory from the 15th century
- Chapels Chevré (12th century), Saint-Pair (20th century), Sevailles (17th century),
- Bertry Castle from the 15th century
- Carrefour Castle from the 17th century
- La Bouëxière mansion from the 12th century
- old mansion of Dobiays
- numerous houses from the 15th to 17th centuries
- numerous grand crosses
Personalities
- Patrick Delamontagne (* 1957) and Laurent Delamontagne (* 1965), soccer players
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 781-789.