Beau Bassin-Rose Hill (or Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill; french: Villes sœurs; ) 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 ...

. It is administered by the

Municipal Council of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill The Municipal Council of Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill (french: Conseil Municipal de Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill) also known as Municipality is the local authority responsible for the administration of the town of Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Plaines Wilhems District, ...

and has a population of 147,066 habitants, making it the third largest city on the island.

Politics

Municipal Elections

Municipal elections are held every 6 years, the mandate of the Lord Mayor and the Deputy Mayor is two years, then another one is chosen by the members of the board through a system of voting. For the Municipal elections held in November 2012, the town of Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill was divided into 6 wards compare to 4 previously.

Sports

The football team which represents the town is the Union Sportive de Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, its home stadium is the Sir Gaetan Duval Stadium, the team currently plays in the National First Division for the 2014–2015 season.

Education

*John Kennedy College * St Mary's College *

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* St Andrew's School *

Collège de La Confiance Collège de La Confiance is a confessional college located in Beau-Bassin 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 M ...

* Queen Elizabeth College *

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* SSS Beau-Bassin *

New Eton College New Eton College (NEC) was founded in 1932 and is a private secondary school in Rose Hill, Mauritius. It provides education to the boys of Rose Hill and surrounding region. Some students of New Eton College have been "Laureates" at the en ...

*Institut Cardinal Jean Margéot (Maison de Carné)

Suburbs

The town of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill is divided into different regions: * Beau-Bassin * Camp-Levieux * Coromandel * Lower Beau-Bassin * Mont-Roches * Roches-Brunes * Rose-Hill * Stanley * Trèfles * Barkly

Twin towns – sister cities

Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill is twinned with: *

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* Saint-Pierre, Réunion *

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References

External links

* http://bbrh.org/ {{Authority control Beau Bassin-Rose Hill