Boissiere

Boissiere is an anglicised form of the French name Boissière, which is related to the French word bois, meaning wood. It is part of a number of place names and is a common family name.

Places

• Boissières, Gard, in the Gard département of France
• Boissières, Lot, in the Lot département of France
• Boissière (Paris Métro) is the name of a Metro station in Paris
• La Grande Boissière is the name of one of the campuses of the International School of Geneva
• Boissiere Village is a village in Trinidad and Tobago

People

• Jean-Baptiste Boissière (1806–1885), a French lexicographer
• Jean Galtier-Boissière (1891–1966), a French writer and journalist who wrote for the Canard enchaîné
• Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008), a Trinidad-born novelist who moved in Australia in 1948

Other

• Boissière (film), a 1937 French film directed by Fernand Rivers

See also

• La Boissière (disambiguation)

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