La Bouëxière ( or ; ) is a
commune
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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
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in
Brittany
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in northwestern
France
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.
It is situated from
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
in the forest of
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
.
Its mayor is Stéphane Piquet, who was re-elected in 2020.
Population
Inhabitants of La Bouëxière are called ''Bouexièrais'' in French.
International relations
La Bouëxière is twinned with
Wingrave
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The civil parish is called Wingrave with Rowsham within Buckinghamshire district and incorporates the hamlet of R ...
in
England
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and
Hambrücken
Hambrücken is a municipality in Northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. It is twinned with the town and commune of La Bouëxière, France
France (), officially the French Re ...
in
Germany
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.
Jumelages
Mairie La Boëxière, accessed 22 April 2020
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
Mairie La BoëxièreCultural Heritage
La Bouëxière website
Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine
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