Thourie (; br, Tourig) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019. department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
in northwestern
France
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.
Geography
The ''
ruisseau
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de la Couyère'' forms all of the commune's western border, then flows into the
Semnon
The Semnon (; br, Sevnon) is a long river in the Mayenne, Maine-et-Loire, Ille-et-Vilaine and Loire-Atlantique ''départements'', northwestern France. Its source is at Congrier. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the V ...
, which forms all of its southern border.
Population
Inhabitants of Thourie are called ''Thourisiens'' in French.
See also
*
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
The following is a list of the 333 Communes of France, communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
External links
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Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association
Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine
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