Hédé-Bazouges
commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Hédé-Bazouges (French pronunciation: [ede bazuʒ]; Breton: Hazhoù-Bazeleg; Gallo: Hédoe) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
History
The commune was created in 1974 by the merger of three former communes: Hédé, Bazouges-sous-Hédé and Saint-Symphorien. On 1 January 2008, the village of Saint-Symphorien was separated from the commune, and given the status of commune in its own right. Prior to 22 March 2011, the commune was called Hédé.
It is twinned with the village of Wortham in Suffolk, England.
Population
Inhabitants of Hédé-Bazouges are called Hédéens in French.
Sights
The town has a sculpture park in the church garden dedicated to the work of local resident Jean Boucher.
See also
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
Jean-Marie Valentin
References
External links
Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture.
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