La Bouëxière

Commune in Brittany, France

La Bouëxière Beuzid-ar-C’hoadoù (Breton)
Commune
The town hall of La Bouëxière
Coat of arms
Location of La Bouëxière
(2020–2026)		Stéphane Piquet^[1]
Area ¹	49.68 km² (19.18 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	4,563
• Density	92/km² (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35031 /35340
Elevation	42–125 m (138–410 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bouëxière (French pronunciation: [la bwɛksjɛʁ] or [la bwɛsjɛʁ]; Breton: Beuzid-ar-C'hoadoù) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

It is situated 19 km (12 mi) from Rennes in the forest of Rennes.

Its mayor is Stéphane Piquet, who was re-elected in 2020.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of La Bouëxière are called Bouexièrais in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,965	—
1975	2,142	+1.24%
1982	2,667	+3.18%
1990	3,027	+1.60%
1999	3,503	+1.64%
2007	3,875	+1.27%
2012	3,983	+0.55%
2017	4,447	+2.23%
Source: INSEE^[4]

International relations

La Bouëxière is twinned with Wingrave in England and Hambrücken in Germany.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "La Bouëxière. Stéphane Piquet réélu maire pour la 3e fois". Ouest-France. 27 May 2020.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Jumelages, Mairie La Boëxière, accessed 22 April 2020