Plaines Wilhems District

The Municipal Council of Vacoas-Phoenix (French: Conseil Municipal de Vacoas-Phoenix) also known as Municipality is the local authority responsible for the administration of the town of Vacoas-Phoenix, Plaines Wilhems District, Mauritius. The Mayor is Praveen Kumar Ramburn and the Deputy Mayor Mike Manfred Roy Mungur.

Vacoas-Phoenix (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [vakwa feniks]) also known as French: Villes Jumelles (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vacoas-Phoenix. The town lies between Quatre Bornes and Curepipe.

Sir Abdool Raman Osman State College, abbreviated as SARO SC or simply SARO, is a public secondary school for boys and girls in Phoenix, Mauritius. It was found in 1996 as the Royal College of Phoenix and was renamed in late 1996 after Sir Abdool Raman Osman, the first Governor-General of Mauritius. The school became a National College in 2007. SARO SC admits students having achieved excellent results in the NCE, and preparing them for the University of Cambridge O Level and A Level.

Trou aux Cerfs (also known as Murr's Volcano) is a dormant volcano with a well-defined cone and crater. It is 605 m (1,985 ft) high and located in Curepipe, Mauritius. The crater has been alternately described as 300 and 350 meters in diameter, and is 80 meters deep.The crater was formed less than 2 million years ago in the second phase of volcanic activity that created Mauritius.According to experts, the volcano is currently dormant but could become active at any time within the next thousand years.The crater is only accessible down a steep embankment which is considered dangerous. Water and silt have clogged the crater, making it even less accessible.

Quatre Bornes (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [kat(ʁe) boːn]), also known as La Ville des Fleurs (The City of Flowers), is a town in Mauritius, located mainly in the Plaines Wilhems District. Its western part lies in the Rivière Noire District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Quatre Bornes. Situated between the towns of Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill and Vacoas-Phoenix, Quatre Bornes is linked by roads to the north, east, south and west of Mauritius. According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius in 2015, the population of the town was at 77,308.

The Municipal Council of Quatre Bornes (French: Conseil Municipal de Quatre Bornes) is the local authority responsible for the administration of the town of Quatre Bornes, Plaines Wilhems District, Mauritius.In 2015, three former councilors were convicted of conflict of interest.

Quatre Bornes State Secondary School (QBSSS) is a government-operated secondary school in Quatre Bornes, Mauritius. The school opened on the grounds of the Sodnac SSS in 2005. It moved to Belle Rose SSS and then to the former Strattford College facility in 2009. The permanent school building opened in 2010.

The Collège du Saint Esprit is a private catholic secondary school in Mauritius. It is one of the most prestigious and competitive secondary education institutions in the country. The school consists of a boys-only department in Quatre Bornes where students are prepared for the School Certificate, the Higher School Certificate and other courses

Henrietta is found in the town of Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius. It is said to be the 'finishing part' of Vacoas as beyond it there is only forest.

College Sainte-Marie is a private secondary school based in Quatre Bornes, Mauritius. Students are prepared for the School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate.The school began enrolling students in September 2004.The school was scheduled to open on 17 January 2005, with priority given to students attending primary schools in Curepipe and Vacoas and with monthly tuition being 3,800 Rs.

The Royal College Curepipe (commonly known as RCC) is considered as one of the most prestigious secondary school with high admission standards in Curepipe, Mauritius. Since 1791 it has be regarded as a school of excellence and started to build a constant laureateship as from the 1800s. In the past, it only admitted boys having achieved the best results at the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) exams, based on national rankings. RCC has a tradition of Higher School Certificate (HSC) laureates who compete for state scholarships for tertiary studies abroad. Following education system reforms and the introduction of nine year schooling, RCC was converted into an Academy in 2021. Thus becoming a co-education institution admitting the best performing male and female students of the National Certificate of Education who have obtained 8 aggregates only.

The 1911 Curepipe riots refer to violent clashes which broke out in the historic town of Curepipe and then spread to Port Louis on the island of Mauritius on 19 January 1911. The riots also came to be known as Election Rabble Riots of 1911 by the administrators in London.