Bouère (French pronunciation: [bwɛʁ]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France.
Localisation
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Geography
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
List of successive mayors
Sights
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
Urbain Grandier
See also
Communes of Mayenne