Quatre Bornes () also known as ''La Ville des Fleurs'' (The City of Flowers), is a town in
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...
, located in the
Plaines Wilhems District
Plaines Wilhems () is a district of Mauritius. It is the most populous district, with its population estimated at 366,506 as the end of 2018. The district is mainly urban; it consists of four towns, the village of Midlands and part of two other ...
, the western part also lies in the
Rivière Noire District. The town is administered by the
Municipal Council of Quatre Bornes. Situated between the towns of
Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill
Beau Bassin-Rose Hill (or Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill; french: Villes sœurs; ) is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District. It is administered by the Municipal Council of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill and has a population of 147,066 habi ...
and
Vacoas-Phoenix, Quatre Bornes is linked by roads to the north, east, south and west of Mauritius. According to the census made by
Statistics Mauritius in 2015, the population of the town was at 77,308.
History
In 1721, Wilhem Leicknig of
Prussian
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...
origin settled on the island then known as
Isle de France, the district of Plaines Wilhems was named after him. In 1740, French cartographer Guyomar drew the "Quartiers des Plaines Wilhems" where Quatre Bornes was shown as a forest which was slowly being colonised.
Joseph François Charpentier de Cossigny named his region Palma and Governor Antoine Desforges Boucher named his region Bassin in 1764. During the
British period, the railway line was introduced in 1864, the region of Plaines-Wilhems started developed rapidly with the migration of people from coastal regions. Quatre Bornes was proclaimed a village in 1890, then proclaimed "Town" under Governor Harman in 1896. The Bassin and Palma state was annexed to the Town of Quatre Bornes in 1967. In 1987, the region of La source was annexed to the town of Quatre Bornes. In the 1980s and 1990s, a period of rapid commercial development started.
Politics
For the
general elections
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the town is classified within the ''
Constituency No.18 Belle Rose and Quatre Bornes''. For several past general elections the Nomination Centre has been located within Baichoo Madhoo Government School.
Education
Schools in Quatre Bornes include 12 secondary schools and 9 primary schools which are either state owned or private institutions.
Secondary institutions include the
College Sainte-Marie,
College du Saint-Esprit,
Dr. Regis Chaperon State Secondary School,
Eden College Boys,
Eden College Girls,
Gaëtan Raynal State College,
Islamic Cultural College,
Loreto College Quatre Bornes,
Palma State Secondary School,
Patten College Boys,
Quatre Bornes State Secondary School and
Sodnac State Secondary School.
Primary schools include Baichoo Madhoo Government School, Emilienne Rochecouste Government School (GS), Beau Séjour GS, Candos GS, Louis Nellan GS, Palma GS, Remy Ollier GS, Chooroomoney GS, Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo GS and Sookun Gaya GS.
Sports
The town is home to the Guy Rozemont Football Stadium, the team of the town is the
AS Quatre Bornes
Association Sportive Quatre Bornes is a Mauritian football club based in Quatre Bornes, Plaines Wilhems District. In 2017–18, they played in the Mauritian League.
Ground
Their home stadium is Stade Sir Guy Rozemont in Quatre Bornes.
See also
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, it currently plays in the National First Division for the 2012–2013 season.
Suburbs
The town of Quatre Bornes is divided into different regions.
* Bassin
* Belle Rose
* Berthaud
* Candos
* Centre Ville
*
Ébène
* Bassin
* La Louise
* Residence Kennedy
* La Source
* Palma
* Pellegrin
* Pierrefonds
* Sodnac
* St Jean
* Trianon
* Vieux Quatre Bornes
Twin towns – sister cities
Quatre Bornes is
twinned with:
*
Ambalavao, Madagascar
*
Daqing, China
*
Saint-Benoît, Réunion, France
See also
*
List of places in Mauritius
References
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