Bouguenais

Summary

Bouguenais (French pronunciation: [buɡnɛ]; Gallo: Bógonaè or Boug·naï, Breton: Kervegon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France near Nantes.

Bouguenais
Bógonaè/Boug·naï (Gallo)
Kervegon (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms of Bouguenais
Location of Bouguenais
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Bouguenais
Bouguenais
Bouguenais is located in Pays de la Loire
Bouguenais
Bouguenais
Coordinates: 47°10′48″N 1°37′25″W / 47.18°N 1.6236°W / 47.18; -1.6236
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonRezé-1
IntercommunalityNantes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sandra Impériale[1]
Area
1
31.50 km2 (12.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
20,410
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44020 /44340
Dialling codes02
Elevation1–41 m (3.3–134.5 ft)
(avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bouguenais is home to the Nantes Atlantique Airport.

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,790—    
1800 2,376−2.27%
1806 2,710+2.22%
1821 3,165+1.04%
1831 3,287+0.38%
1841 3,281−0.02%
1846 3,360+0.48%
1851 3,413+0.31%
1856 3,637+1.28%
1861 3,877+1.29%
1866 3,729−0.78%
1872 3,709−0.09%
1876 3,642−0.45%
1881 3,599−0.24%
1886 3,768+0.92%
1891 3,897+0.68%
1896 3,761−0.71%
1901 3,865+0.55%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 3,826−0.20%
1911 3,796−0.16%
1921 3,897+0.26%
1926 3,784−0.59%
1931 4,158+1.90%
1936 4,162+0.02%
1946 4,810+1.46%
1954 6,523+3.88%
1962 8,777+3.78%
1968 10,047+2.28%
1975 11,684+2.18%
1982 14,043+2.66%
1990 15,099+0.91%
1999 15,627+0.38%
2007 16,698+0.83%
2012 18,382+1.94%
2017 19,331+1.01%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Economy edit

 
The head office of Régional in 2010, head office of Air France Hop since 2013.

Régional, a regional airline, was headquartered on the grounds of Nantes Atlantique Airport.[5]

Régional was formed on 30 March 2001 with the merger of Regional Airlines, Flandre Air, and Proteus Airlines.[6] Before the formation of Régional, Regional Airlines had its headquarters on the grounds of the airport.[7] Regional Airlines was the largest of the three companies that were merged into the new Régional.[8] In 2013 the airline merged into HOP!, itself rebranded in 2019 as Air France Hop, which is still based at Nantes Atlantique Airport.[9]

Mayors edit

List of the mayors of Bouguenais since 1900.[10]

  • 2020-  : Sandra Impériale
  • 2014-2020: Martine Le Jeune
  • 2007-2014: Michèle Gressus
  • 1993-2007: Françoise Verchère (resigned in September 2007)
  • 1971-1993: François Autain
  • 1947-1971: Henri Robichon
  • 1945-1947: Alexandre Gendron
  • 1944-1945: Georges Gaborieau
  • 1941-1944: Élie Leaute
  • 1940-1941: Joseph Bureau
  • 1912-1925: Louis Moreau
  • 1900-1912: Sébastien Guérin

Education edit

Primary schools in the commune include:

  • Preschools (écoles maternelles):[11]
    • Bourg: Maternelle Chateaubriand, Ecole Jean Zay, École de la Croix-Jeannette
    • Couëts: Maternelle Françoise Dolto, Maternelle Célestin Freinet, Maternelle Fougan de Mer
  • Elementary schools:[11]
    • Bourg: Élémentaire Chateaubriand, Ecole Jean Zay, École de la Croix-Jeannette
    • Couëts: Élémentaire Urbain le Verrier, Élémentaire Fougan de Mer
  • There is a private school group, Groupe Saint-Pierre (formerly Groupe Notre-Dame Saint-Pierre), with École Saint-Pierre.[11]

There is one public junior high school, Collège et SEGPA de la Neustrie, one public high school, Lycée Professionnel Pablo Neruda, and a private alternative school, Lycée Professionnel Hôtelier Privé Daniel Brottier (the private high school is for children with academic, social, and family troubles).[12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bouguenais, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ "Contact Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine." Régional. Retrieved 2 June 2009. "REGIONAL – Aéroport Nantes Atlantique 44345 BOUGUENAIS Cedex"
  6. ^ "History Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine." Régional. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
  7. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 3–9 April 2001. 66.
  8. ^ "Air France fusionne trois de ses compagnies régionales[permanent dead link]." Les Echos #18280. 16 November 2000. Page 30. Retrieved on 2 May 2010. "Nantes, où est basé Regional Airlines, la plus importante des trois compagnies, sera le siège de la nouvelle entité."
  9. ^ "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!'." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Les maires depuis 1980" (in French). city of Bouguenais. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  11. ^ a b c "L'enseignement Primaire." Bouguenais. January 19th, 2019. Retrieved on January 19th, 2019.
  12. ^ "L'enseignement secondaire." Bouguenais. March 24, 2016. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.

External links edit

  • Home page (in French) (Archive)
  • Webpage about Bouguenais