Bougneau

Bougneau
Bougneau
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Bougneau
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Pons
Intercommunality	Haute-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jocelyne Reif
Area1	14.54 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	520
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17056 / 17800
Elevation	7–102 m (23–335 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.

Bougneau is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Geography

The Seugne forms all of the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	383	—
1800	467	+21.9%
1806	427	−8.6%
1821	491	+15.0%
1831	668	+36.0%
1836	700	+4.8%
1841	683	−2.4%
1846	678	−0.7%
1851	682	+0.6%
1856	675	−1.0%
1861	698	+3.4%
1866	694	−0.6%
1872	647	−6.8%
1876	669	+3.4%
1881	627	−6.3%
1886	573	−8.6%
1891	523	−8.7%
1896	537	+2.7%
1901	520	−3.2%
1906	524	+0.8%
1911	526	+0.4%
1921	509	−3.2%
1926	515	+1.2%
1931	508	−1.4%
1936	488	−3.9%
1946	459	−5.9%
1954	479	+4.4%
1962	485	+1.3%
1968	490	+1.0%
1975	476	−2.9%
1982	459	−3.6%
1990	450	−2.0%
1999	430	−4.4%
2008	520	+20.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE