Bouguenais

Bouguenais (French pronunciation: ​[bugnɛ]; Breton: Kervegon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France near Nantes.

Bouguenais
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Bouguenais
Bouguenais
Bouguenais
Coordinates: 47°10′48″N 1°37′25″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonRezé-1
IntercommunalityNantes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sandra Impériale
Area
1
31.50 km2 (12.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
19,331
 • Density610/km2 (1,600/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
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 2,790—    
1800 2,376−14.8%
1806 2,710+14.1%
1821 3,165+16.8%
1831 3,287+3.9%
1836 3,272−0.5%
1841 3,281+0.3%
1846 3,360+2.4%
1851 3,413+1.6%
1856 3,637+6.6%
1861 3,877+6.6%
1866 3,729−3.8%
1872 3,709−0.5%
1876 3,642−1.8%
1881 3,599−1.2%
1886 3,768+4.7%
1891 3,897+3.4%
1896 3,761−3.5%
1901 3,865+2.8%
1906 3,826−1.0%
1911 3,796−0.8%
1921 3,897+2.7%
1926 3,784−2.9%
1931 4,158+9.9%
1936 4,162+0.1%
1946 4,810+15.6%
1954 6,523+35.6%
1962 8,777+34.6%
1968 10,047+14.5%
1975 11,684+16.3%
1982 14,043+20.2%
1990 15,099+7.5%
1999 15,631+3.5%
2009 17,622+12.7%
2017 19,331+9.7%

Economy
The head office of Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne

Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne, a regional airline, was headquartered on the grounds of Nantes Atlantique Airport.[2]

Régional was formed on 30 March 2001 with the merger of Regional Airlines, Flandre Air, and Proteus Airlines.[3] Before the formation of Régional, Regional Airlines had its headquarters on the grounds of the airport.[4] Regional Airlines was the largest of the three companies that were merged into the current Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne.[5] In 2013 the airline merged into HOP![6]

Mayors

List of the mayors of Bouguenais since 1900.[7]

  • 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

Primary schools in the commune include:

  • Preschools (écoles maternelles):[8]
    • Bourg: Maternelle Chateaubriand, Ecole Jean Zay, École de la Croix-Jeannette
    • Couëts: Maternelle Françoise Dolto, Maternelle Célestin Freinet, Maternelle Fougan de Mer
  • Elementary schools:[8]
    • 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 scolaire Notre-Dame - Saint-Pierre, with École Notre-Dame and École Saint-Pierre.[8]

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).[9]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Contact Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine." Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne. Retrieved 2 June 2009. "REGIONAL – Aéroport Nantes Atlantique 44345 BOUGUENAIS Cedex"
  3. "History Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine." Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
  4. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 3–9 April 2001. 66.
  5. "Air France fusionne trois de ses compagnies régionales." 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."
  6. "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!'." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
  7. "Les maires depuis 1980" (in French). city of Bouguenais. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  8. "L'enseignement primaire." Bouguenais. March 24, 2016. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.
  9. "L'enseignement secondaire." Bouguenais. March 24, 2016. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.
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