Beau Bassin-Rose Hill

Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill
Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill
Town
	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
Districts	Plaines Wilhems
Settled	1722
Established	1868
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Lord Mayor	Mr. Fong Suk Koon Ken Fat
• Deputy Mayor	Mr. Cerveaux Jules Alain
Area
• Total	20.2 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Elevation	164 m (538 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	104,610
• Rank	3rd in Mauritius
• Density	5,111.5/km2 (13,239/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (MUT)
Climate	Am
Website	Municipal Council

Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill (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. According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius in 2015, the population of the town was at 104,610.^[2]

Politics

Municipal Elections

Municipal elections are held every 6 years, the mandate of the Lord Mayor and the 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 6 wards compare to 4 previously.^[3]

Sports

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

Suburbs

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

Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill is twinned with:

References

^ "Ministry of Local Government and Outer Islands - Municipal and District Councils in Mauritius". Localgovernment.gov.mu. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (2016). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2015" (PDF). August. Government of Mauritius: 22. Retrieved 23 December 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Municipales et villageoises : les 6 principaux changements" (in French). Le Defimedia. Retrieved 18 November 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

http://bbrh.org/

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[1] "Ministry of Local Government and Outer Islands - Municipal and District Councils in Mauritius". Localgovernment.gov.mu. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

[stats2015-2] Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (2016). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2015" (PDF). August. Government of Mauritius: 22. Retrieved 23 December 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[sub-3] "Municipales et villageoises : les 6 principaux changements" (in French). Le Defimedia. Retrieved 18 November 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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