Tracy-sur-Loire
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Commune of Tracy-sur-Loire |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne |
Department | Nièvre |
Arrondissement | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire |
Canton | Pouilly-sur-Loire |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Loire et Vignoble |
Mayor | Denis Gaudry (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 142 m–222 m (avg. 153 m) |
Land area¹ | 23.07 km² |
Population² (1999) |
936 |
- Density | 40/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 58295/ 58150 |
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. | |
Tracy-sur-Loire is a commune of the Nièvre département in France.
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[edit] Boisgibault
Boisgibault (or Bois Gibault) is a village 40 miles north of Nevers, in Nièvre, part of the commune Tracy-sur-Loire. It is known for its white wine Pouilly-Fumé and the Natural Reserve of Val de Loire, created by decree 95-1240 on 21 November 1995. One can see there, in the alluvial forest and the meadows, dragonflies, 30 species of fish, 190 species of birds, beavers, 477 species of plants.
[edit] Demographics
At the 1999 census, the population was 936.