Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

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Coordinates: 47°17′06″N 0°07′36″E / 47.285, 0.126666666667

Commune of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

Location
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (France)
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
Administration
Country France
Region Centre
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Chinon
Canton Bourgueil
Intercommunality C.C du Pays de Bourgueil
Mayor Christel Cousseau
Statistics
Elevation 26 m–116 m
Land area¹ 36.45 km²
Population²
(1999)
1,194
 - Density 33/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 37228/ 37500
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in the région Centre, in France. This little village is on the road of the Loire Valley, in the center of many famous castles as (Chenonceaux, Villandry...). The commune is home to a wine appellation, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOC.

Its inhabitants are called the Saint-nicolaisiens, Saint-nicolaisiennes.

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[edit] Geography

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is situated between Angers, Tours and Chinon.

[edit] History

The old ecclesia Sancti Nicolai, mentionned in 1208,was situated in the North-east of the present cemetery of Bourgueil.

In 1790-1794, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil annexed the former commune of La Taille. The current bourg ("village centre") of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil was built at the centre of the commune during the July Monarchy (1830-1848).

[edit] Demography[1]

Date of Population
1793 1800 1806 1820 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
- 1,629 1,815 1,829 {{{1821}}} 2,104 2,031 1,987 1,957 1,974
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
1,954 1,910 1,907 1,868 1,790 1,736 1,678 1,678 1,658
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
1,573 1,536 1,440 1,345 1,350 1,214 1,239 1,195 1,270
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004 - -
1,319 1,273 1,173 1,116 1,176 1,194 - - -
For the census of 1962 to 1999 the official population corresponds with the population without duplicates according to the INSEE.

[edit] Personalities linked to the commune

Marie Dupin, a conquest of Pierre de Ronsard, lived in the Port Guyer (part of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil) all her life.[citation needed]

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