Bourgneuf-en-Retz

Bourgneuf-en-Retz
Coat of arms of Bourgneuf-en-Retz Coat of arms
Bourgneuf-en-Retz
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Bourgneuf-en-Retz
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Bourgneuf-en-Retz
Intercommunality	Région de Machecoul
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Robert Blanchard
Area1	53.19 km2 (20.54 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	3,320
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	44021 / 44580
Elevation	0–39 m (0–128 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bourgneuf-en-Retz is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1795	1,320	—
1800	2,033	+54.0%
1806	2,570	+26.4%
1821	2,534	−1.4%
1831	2,680	+5.8%
1836	2,689	+0.3%
1841	2,625	−2.4%
1846	2,714	+3.4%
1851	2,882	+6.2%
1856	2,760	−4.2%
1861	2,893	+4.8%
1866	2,925	+1.1%
1872	2,837	−3.0%
1876	2,850	+0.5%
1881	2,880	+1.1%
1886	2,844	−1.2%
1891	2,944	+3.5%
1896	2,987	+1.5%
1901	3,042	+1.8%
1906	3,109	+2.2%
1911	3,025	−2.7%
1921	2,622	−13.3%
1926	3,615	+37.9%
1931	2,514	−30.5%
1936	2,327	−7.4%
1946	2,213	−4.9%
1954	2,242	+1.3%
1962	2,289	+2.1%
1968	2,225	−2.8%
1975	2,161	−2.9%
1982	2,283	+5.6%
1990	2,346	+2.8%
1999	2,400	+2.3%
2005	2,948	+22.8%
2006	3,027	+2.7%
2009	3,320	+9.7%

Transport

Gare de Bourgneuf-en-Retz is served by train services between Pornic and Nantes.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
• Harvesters of the Bay, a documentary on Bourgneuf-en-Retz salt harvesters.
• The works of Jean Fréour Sculptor of René-Guy Cadou memorial with bust of the poet.

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Official site