Bourgneuf, Charente-Maritime

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Bourgneuf
Bourgneuf
Coordinates: 46°10′04″N 1°01′23″W / 46.1678°N 1.0231°W / 46.1678; -1.0231Coordinates: 46°10′04″N 1°01′23″W / 46.1678°N 1.0231°W / 46.1678; -1.0231
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement La Rochelle
Canton La Jarrie
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Christian Guérinet
Area
  Land1 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 1,063
  Population2 Density 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 1759 / 17220
Elevation 22–47 m (72–154 ft)
(avg. 35 m or 115 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 is a commune in the Charente-Maritime in the department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.

General Adolphe Guillaumat (right), with Fernand de Langle de Cary (center) and Joseph Joffre (left).

General Adolphe Guillaumat was born in Bourgneuf.[1]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 285    
1968 313+9.8%
1975 404+29.1%
1982 841+108.2%
1990 1,044+24.1%
1999 1,041−0.3%
2008 1,063+2.1%

See also

References

  1. 'World War I: Encyclopedia - Page 525 by Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts

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