Bouère (French pronunciation: [bwɛʁ]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France.
Bouère | |
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 The church in Bouère | |
Location of Bouère  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°51′50″N 0°28′38″W / 47.8639°N 0.4772°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Mayenne |
| Arrondissement | Château-Gontier |
| Canton | Meslay-du-Maine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacky Chauveau[1] |
Area 1 | 42.54 km2 (16.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,069 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 53036 /53290 |
| Elevation | 41–117 m (135–384 ft) (avg. 81 m or 266 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editSituated 35 km (22 mi) from Laval, 54 km (34 mi) from Angers, and 70 km (43 mi) from Le Mans in the southeast of today's Mayenne department, Bouère historically lay within the territories of Angevin Mayenne, which formed part of Anjou.
Local quarries supplied a proportion of the marble used in the construction of the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and Saint-Lazare railway station in Paris.
Administration
editList of successive mayors
| Beginning | End | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2026 | Jacky Chauveau |
| 1978 | 2008 | Claude Bucher |
| 1906 | Chemin | |
| 1896 | Beauplet | |
| 1880 | 1896 | Foucher |
| 1870 | 1880 | Bachlier |
| 1855 | 1870 | Sesboué |
| 1850 | Godivier | |
| 1840 | Sesboué | |
| 1836 | Tonnelier | |
| 1830 | 1836 | Chamaret |
| 1827 | 1830 | Oger |
| 1821 | 1824 | Louis Joachim du Bois Jourdan |
| 1801 | 1804 | Tonnelier |
| 1800 | Jamin | |
| 1791 | 1795 | René Sesboué |
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,149 | — |
| 1975 | 1,030 | −1.55% |
| 1982 | 911 | −1.74% |
| 1990 | 857 | −0.76% |
| 1999 | 907 | 0.63% |
| 2009 | 1,027 | 1.25% |
| 2014 | 1,078 | 0.97% |
| 2020 | 1,062 | −0.25% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Sights
edit- Romanesque church (11th/12th century restored in the 19th century)
- Communal cemetery (registered with the additional inventory of the historic buildings)
- Votive vault 1871
- Castle of Bois-Jourdan 16th/17th century and dependences
- Castle of the Vézousière 18th century
- Castle of Rochers 19th century
- Castle of the Sevaudière 19th century
- Castle of Daviers 19th century
Personalities
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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