Boerne ( BURN-ee) is a city in and the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States, in the Texas Hill Country. Boerne is known as a German-Texan city, named in honor of German author and publicist Ludwig Börne by the German Founders of the town. The population of Boerne was 10,471 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the estimated population was 18,232. The city is noted for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case City of Boerne v. Flores. Founded in 1849 as "Tusculum", the name was changed to "Boerne" when the town was platted in 1852.
Boerne is part of the San Antonio–New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area.


Boerne is located at (29.567, -98.847). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.30%, are water. Boerne is situated in central Kendall County in south-central Texas between San Antonio and Austin on Interstate 10; it is approximately west of downtown San Antonio and northwest from downtown Austin via IH-10 or U.S Highway 281/Interstate 35 (the "Texas Triangle").

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