Bouère (French pronunciation: [bwɛʁ]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France.

Bouère
The church in Bouère
The church in Bouère
Location of Bouère
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Bouère is located in France
Bouère
Bouère
Bouère is located in Pays de la Loire
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Bouère
Coordinates: 47°51′50″N 0°28′38″W / 47.8639°N 0.4772°W / 47.8639; -0.4772
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMayenne
ArrondissementChâteau-Gontier
CantonMeslay-du-Maine
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacky Chauveau[1]
Area
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42.54 km2 (16.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,069
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
53036 /53290
Elevation41–117 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

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Situated 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

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List 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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% 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

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  • 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE