Where is Bressuire
It is in the Deux - Sevres department in the Poitou - Charentes
region midway between Nantes and Poitiers and about 60 miles
east of the Atlantic coast. It has a population of about 13,000
in the town itself and a further 6,000 in the associated parishes.
Like Leixlip, it has a large young population and has 6 pre-schools,
6 primary schools, 2 junior and 2 senior secondary schools.
It is set in pleasant cattle - raising countryside and has
some beautiful buildings dating from the 11th and 12th centuries.

June 1997 - Signing Bressuire Twinning Charter in Leixlip
- President Mireille Poupard, Mayor Claude Boutet, Cathaoirleach
Catherine Murphy, Chairman Paul Kelly
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