Bourgueil (French pronunciation: [buʁɡœj] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
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 A general view of Bourgueil | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bourgueil  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°16′59″N 0°10′09″E / 47.2831°N 0.1692°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Chinon |
| Canton | Langeais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Benoît Baranger[1] |
Area 1 | 32.95 km2 (12.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,728 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37031 /37140 |
| Elevation | 28–117 m (92–384 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
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Bourgueil wine
editBourgueil is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Loire Valley region, and produces primarily red wine from the grape variety Cabernet Franc. Bourgueil wine was mentioned in the works of François Rabelais.
Transportation
editBourgueil is served by the A85 autoroute, a nearby railway line and the cycling-route, Loire a vélo.
Personalities
editBourgueil was the birthplace of:
- Moses Amyraut (1596–1664), Protestant theologian and metaphysician
- Antoine Brutus Menier (1795–1853), chocolatier
- Jean Carmet (1920–1994), actor
In Acadian Genealogy, Bourgueil is notable as the birthplace of Guillaume Trahan.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bourgueil, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Bourgueil.
- Tourist office website (in French)
- Haut-de-la-Gardière
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