Bouguenais

Bouguenais Bógonaè/Boug·naï (Gallo) Kervegon (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Bouguenais
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Coordinates: 47°10′48″N 1°37′25″W / 47.18°N 1.6236°W / 47.18; -1.6236
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Rezé-1
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandra Impériale[1]
Area 1	31.50 km2 (12.16 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	20,590
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44020 /44340
Dialling codes	02
Elevation	1–41 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 (French pronunciation: [buɡnɛ]; Gallo: Bógonaè or Boug·naï, Breton: Kervegon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France near Nantes.

Bouguenais is home to the Nantes Atlantique Airport.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

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]

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

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]

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

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

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