Bourgueil

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Benoît Baranger^[1]Area32.95 km² (12.72 sq mi)Population3,728 • Density110/km² (290/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation28–117 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.

Bourgueil (French pronunciation: [buʁɡœj] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,280 —     1800 3,179 −0.45% 1806 3,200 +0.11% 1821 3,320 +0.25% 1831 3,556 +0.69% 1836 3,600 +0.25% 1841 3,493 −0.60% 1846 3,485 −0.05% 1851 3,405 −0.46% 1856 3,400 −0.03% 1861 3,416 +0.09% 1866 3,381 −0.21% 1872 3,304 −0.38% 1876 3,310 +0.05% 1881 3,207 −0.63% 1886 3,274 +0.41% 1891 3,143 −0.81% 1896 3,102 −0.26%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,063 −0.25% 1906 2,989 −0.49% 1911 2,850 −0.95% 1921 2,512 −1.25% 1926 2,563 +0.40% 1931 2,488 −0.59% 1936 2,456 −0.26% 1946 2,551 +0.38% 1954 2,602 +0.25% 1962 3,093 +2.18% 1968 3,631 +2.71% 1975 3,620 −0.04% 1982 4,136 +1.92% 1990 4,001 −0.41% 1999 4,109 +0.30% 2007 3,909 −0.62% 2012 3,884 −0.13% 2017 3,923 +0.20%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Bourgueil wine

Bourgueil 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

Bourgueil is served by the A85 autoroute, a nearby railway line and the cycling-route, Loire a vélo.

Personalities

Bourgueil 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

• Loire Valley (wine)
• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

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