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Fougères Felger Foujerr |
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From left to right and top to bottom: 1. Victor Hugo Theatre, 2. Timbered house, 3. The château, 4. The belfry, 5. The town hall, 6. The Church of St. Sulpice
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Location within Brittany region
Fougères
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| Coordinates: 48°21′09″N 1°11′55″W / 48.3525°N 1.1986°WCoordinates: 48°21′09″N 1°11′55″W / 48.3525°N 1.1986°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré | |
| Canton | Fougères-Nord and Fougères-Sud | |
| Intercommunality | Fougères | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Louis Feuvrier (DVG) | |
| Area1 | 10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 20,040 | |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35115 / 35300 | |
| Elevation | 62–171 m (203–561 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Fougères (French pronunciation: [fuʒɛʁ]; Breton: Felger; Gallo: Foujerr) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Its inhabitants are called the Fougerais. At the 2012 census Fougères had 20,040 inhabitants. The Fougères area comprises approximately 88,000 inhabitants and is currently in a process of growth, unlike the town centre.
Fougères is a town on the edge of Brittany, Maine and Normandy and named after a fern (see also fougère), or from fous which means fossé ["gap"] (in Brittany and Normandy, a gap is a terrace of land formed by the excavations made on each side of the terrace, and serving as a separation between two properties).
The town of Fougères is mentioned in the chorus of the song La Blanche Hermine, by Gilles Servat. The author uses it as a symbol of the Breton resistance where it is adjacent to the town of Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique.
Fougères is historically, since the arrival of Latin in Armorica, a Gallo word in which the territory is called Foujerr. Its Breton name is Felger. Entry signs to the agglomeration have carried this name for several years. One of the two bagad of the city takes this name: Bagad Bro Felger and the Diwan school, opened in 2013, is also called Skol Diwan bro Felger.
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