Bonny-sur-Loire

Bonny-sur-Loire
Bonny-sur-Loire
Commune
	The suspension bridge
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°33′41″N 2°50′27″E / 47.5614°N 2.8408°ECoordinates: 47°33′41″N 2°50′27″E / 47.5614°N 2.8408°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Montargis
Canton	Gien
Intercommunality	Berry Loire Puisaye
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Chaillou
Area 1	25.8 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,909
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45040 /45420
Elevation	130–189 m (427–620 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bonny-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department of the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France.

Place name[]

The name is evidenced historically at least since the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Geography[]

The commune of Bonny stands beside the river Loire, at the border of the Burgundy region and separated from the Nièvre department by a river, the Cheuille. The town is situated on the main route between Paris and Nevers, the A77 and RN7.

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,069	—
1800	1,243	+16.3%
1806	1,276	+2.7%
1821	1,401	+9.8%
1831	1,608	+14.8%
1836	1,795	+11.6%
1841	1,824	+1.6%
1846	1,920	+5.3%
1851	2,139	+11.4%
1856	2,060	−3.7%
1861	2,567	+24.6%
1866	2,371	−7.6%
1872	2,321	−2.1%
1876	2,309	−0.5%
1881	2,290	−0.8%
1886	2,338	+2.1%
1891	2,310	−1.2%
1896	2,162	−6.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1901	2,157	−0.2%
1906	2,082	−3.5%
1911	2,009	−3.5%
1921	1,821	−9.4%
1926	1,773	−2.6%
1931	1,755	−1.0%
1936	1,773	+1.0%
1946	1,715	−3.3%
1954	1,535	−10.5%
1962	1,605	+4.6%
1968	1,701	+6.0%
1975	1,778	+4.5%
1982	1,830	+2.9%
1990	1,921	+5.0%
1999	1,924	+0.2%
2006	2,032	+5.6%
2009	2,065	+1.6%
2012	2,009	−2.7%

The inhabitants are known as Bonnychons.

Administration[]

The mayor since March 2001 has been Michel Lechauve.

Sights[]

Suspension bridge between Bonny-sur-Loire et Beaulieu-sur-Loire (carrying the road D926)

Quality of life[]

Bonny-sur-Loire is a ville fleurie, graded at the level of three flowers by the National Council for the Villes et Villages Fleuris de France.

Celebrations[]

Val de Jazz : in July
Wine festival and Second-Hand Market : the last Sunday in July
Salon of autumnal art: the week of 1 November
Saint-Aignan : each year, in November

Personalities[]

(1550–1624), surgeon of the Duke of Nemours and anatomist, was born at Bonny
François Jean-Baptiste d'Alphonse (1756–1821) born at Bonny, was a politician of the 18th-19th centuries
Désiré Lubin (1854–1929), painter, born at Bonny.

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.