Tag:sport=boules
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A group of games in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls as close as possible to a small target ball, also called pétanque, lyonnaise, bocce, or bocce volo. 
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Boules is a collective name for a wide range of games (pétanque, lyonnaise, bocce, and bocce volo) in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls (called boules in France, and "bocce" in Italy) as close as possible to a small target ball.
Boules-type games are traditional and popular in France, Italy, Malta and Croatia, and are also popular in some former French colonies. In those countries, boules games are often played in open spaces (town squares and parks) in villages and towns. Dedicated playing areas for boules-type games are typically large, level, rectangular courts made of flattened earth, gravel, or crushed stone, enclosed in wooden rails or back boards.
In the south of France, the word boules is also often used as a synonym for pétanque.
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Types of boules
Tag the type of boules combined with sport=boules
- boules=petanque - Pétanque - games where the balls are thrown (for example, pétanque) games where there and is no "run up" to the throw
- boules=lyonnaise - Sport-boules - games where there is a "run up" to the throw (for example, boule lyonnaise, bocce volo)
- boules=jeu_provencal Jeu provençal A variant very similar to lyonnaise but can be played on an irregular ground, with smaller balls.
- boules=bocce - Sport-boules - games where the balls are rolled (for example, bocce)
- boules=boule_de_fort - Boule_de_fort
- boules=breton Boule_bretonne Breton variant allowing, among other things, the use of the side border
- boules=other types
See also
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Photo Examples
Français: Tu tires ou tu pointes
These gentlemen are playing a game of boules
Français: une allée de boules
Ziranmen boules
Men playing boules, or petanque, next to Fort St. Louis, Le Mourrilon, Toulon, France
playing Boules in Cleaver Square.
Boules, Verteuil
Size differences between pétanque boules for adults and children
Boules set
Boules de fort
Boules de fort
Two boules being held in one hand behind the Pétanque player's back.
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