Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Beau Bassin-Rose Hill | |
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Town | |
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| Motto: "Tenax et fidelus" | |
  Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill Municipal Council location | |
| Coordinates: 20°14′23.3″S 57°28′18.1″E / 20.239806°S 57.471694°E | |
| Country |  Mauritius |
| District | Plaines Wilhems |
| Settled | 1722 |
| Established | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Mrs. Marie Batour |
| • Deputy Mayor | Mrs. Gina Poonoosamy |
| Area | |
• Total | 20.2 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 104,610 |
| • Rank | 3rd in Mauritius |
| • Density | 5,180/km2 (13,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MUT) |
| Climate | Am |
| Website | Municipal Council |
Beau Bassin-Rose Hill (or Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill; Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [bobasɛ̃ ʁozil] ⓘ; French: Villes sœurs) is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District. It is administered by the Municipal Council of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill and has a population of 147,066[2] inhabitants, making it the third largest city on the island.
Local administration
[edit]Municipal elections
[edit]Municipal elections are held every six years, the mandate of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor is two years, then another one is chosen by the members of the board through a system of voting. For the Municipal elections held in November 2012, the town of Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill was divided into six wards compared to four previously.[3] The current mayor of the district is Mrs. Marie Gabriella Rimena Batour, elected in 2025.
Sports
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The football team which represents the town is the Union Sportive de Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, its home stadium is the Sir Gaetan Duval Stadium, the team currently plays in the National First Division for the 2014–2015 season.
Education
[edit]- John Kennedy College
- St Mary's College
- Loreto College Rose Hill
- St Andrew's School
- Collège de La Confiance
- Queen Elizabeth College
- New Devton College
- SSS Beau-Bassin
- New Eton College
- Institut Cardinal Jean Margéot (Maison de Carné)
Suburbs
[edit]The town of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill is divided into different regions:[3]
- Beau-Bassin
- Camp-Levieux
- Coromandel
- Lower Beau-Bassin
- Mont-Roches
- Roches-Brunes
- Rose-Hill
- Stanley
- Trèfles
- Barkly
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill is twinned with:
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Ministry of Local Government and Outer Islands - Municipal and District Councils in Mauritius". Localgovernment.gov.mu. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- 1 2 Statistics Mauritius: Demography Unit (2018). "DIGEST OF DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS 2018" (PDF). Dec. Government of Mauritius: 33. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - 1 2 "Municipales et villageoises : les 6 principaux changements" (in French). Le Defimedia. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
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