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Bouguenais

*Bógonaè/Boug·naï* (Gallo)
*Kervegon* (Breton)
Bouguenais Bógonaè/Boug·naï (Gallo) ; Kervegon (Breton)
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bouguenais
	Bouguenais Bouguenais
	Coordinates: 47°10′48″N 1°37′25″W / 47.18°N 1.6236°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Rezé-1
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandra Impériale
Area 1	31.50 km2 (12.16 sq mi)
Population (2021)	20,410
• 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.

Population

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%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Economy

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

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

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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bouguenais, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Contact Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine." Régional. Retrieved 2 June 2009. "REGIONAL – Aéroport Nantes Atlantique 44345 BOUGUENAIS Cedex"
^ "History Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine." Régional. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 3–9 April 2001. 66.
^ "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."
^ "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!'." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
^ "Les maires depuis 1980" (in French). city of Bouguenais. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "L'enseignement Primaire." Bouguenais. January 19th, 2019. Retrieved on January 19th, 2019.
^ "L'enseignement secondaire." Bouguenais. March 24, 2016. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.