Bouguenais

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Bouguenais
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 47°10′48″N, 01°37′25″W
Time Zone CET (GMT +1)
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique (44)
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Rezé
Intercommunality Urban Community of Nantes
Mayor Françoise Verchère
(2001 - 2008)
Statistics
Altitude 1 m–41 m
(avg. 28 m)
Land area¹ 31.50 km²
Population²
(1999)
15,627
 - Density 496/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 44020/ 44340
Dialling code 02
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Bouguenais (Breton: Kervegon) is a small town and commune, located in the Loire-Atlantique département of northwestern France, near Nantes.

Bouguenais is home to the Nantes Atlantique Airport.

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