Bouère

French commune|nomcommune=Bouère
région=Pays de la Loire
département=Mayenne
arrondissement=Château-Gontier
canton=Grez-en-Bouère
insee=53036
cp=53290
maire=
mandat= 2008-2015
intercomm=Meslay-Grez
longitude=-0.477222222222
latitude=47.8638888889
alt moy=79 m
alt mini=41 m
alt maxi=117 m
hectares=4,254
km²=42.54
sans=921
date-sans=2004
dens=21
date-dens=2004

Bouère is a commune in the Mayenne "département" of the Pays-de-la-Loire "région" of France.

Geography

Situated 35 km from Laval, 54 km from Angers, and 70 km from Le Mans in the south-east of today's Mayenne "département", 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

List of successive mayors

Démography

Places and monuments

* Romance church (XIe/XIIe restored in XIXe century),
* Communal cemetery (registered with the additional inventory of the historic buildings),
* Votive vault 1871,
* Castle of Bois-Jourdan 16ème/17ème century and dependences,
* Castle of the Vézousière 18ème century,
* Castle of Rochers 19ème century,
* Castle of the Sevaudière 19ème century,
* Castle of Daviers 19ème century.

Personalities related to the commune

* Urbain Grandier

External links

* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=49298 Bouère on the site of the national geographical Institute ]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=53036&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Bouère on the site of l'Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=29825&req=Bouere Bouère on the site of Quid]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatProximiteCoord.php?RadLat1=0.835382453964782&RadLong1=-0.00832909904190991 The communes closest to Bouère]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=530036 Localization of Bouère on a chart of France]