Bonny-sur-Loire

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

Bonny-sur-Loire
Commune
The suspension bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Bonny-sur-Loire
Bonny-sur-Loire
Bonny-sur-Loire
Coordinates: 47°33′41″N 2°50′27″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoiret
ArrondissementMontargis
CantonGien
IntercommunalityBerry Loire Puisaye
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Lechauve
Area
1
25.8 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,952
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
45040 /45420
Elevation130–189 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.

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
YearPop.±%
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%
YearPop.±%
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
  • Nicolas Habicot (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.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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