Bourgneuf-en-Retz

Part of Villeneuve-en-Retz in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bourgneuf-en-Retz

47°02′38″N 1°57′05″W / 47.0439°N 1.9514°W / 47.0439; -1.9514CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentLoire-AtlantiqueArrondissementSaint-NazaireCantonMachecoul-Saint-MêmeCommuneVilleneuve-en-Retz Area

53.19 km² (20.54 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

3,705 • Density70/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

44580

Elevation0–39 m (0–128 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourgneuf-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [buʁnœf ɑ̃ ʁɛ]; Breton: Bourc'hnevez-Raez) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Villeneuve-en-Retz.^[2]

Climate

Climate Les Moutiers en Retz

Climate data for Les Moutiers en Retz 1971/2000 avg 1958 rec
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.2 (70.2)	27.4 (81.3)	28.8 (83.8)	33.5 (92.3)	37.7 (99.9)	46.2 (115.2)	46.5 (115.7)	45.3 (113.5)	40.9 (105.6)	33.2 (91.8)	27.4 (81.3)	22.1 (71.8)	46.5 (115.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11 (52)	12.2 (54.0)	15 (59)	18.2 (64.8)	21.1 (70.0)	25.3 (77.5)	27.2 (81.0)	27.2 (81.0)	24.6 (76.3)	19.1 (66.4)	14.1 (57.4)	12.1 (53.8)	18.9 (66.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	8.1 (46.6)	9.1 (48.4)	11 (52)	13.6 (56.5)	16.6 (61.9)	20.2 (68.4)	22.2 (72.0)	22.2 (72.0)	19.6 (67.3)	15.1 (59.2)	11.1 (52.0)	9.1 (48.4)	14.8 (58.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	5.1 (41.2)	6.1 (43.0)	7 (45)	9 (48)	12 (54)	15.2 (59.4)	17.2 (63.0)	17.1 (62.8)	14.5 (58.1)	11 (52)	8 (46)	6 (43)	10.7 (51.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−11.6 (11.1)	−9.3 (15.3)	−5.4 (22.3)	0.2 (32.4)	2.5 (36.5)	6.9 (44.4)	10.1 (50.2)	10.1 (50.2)	5.7 (42.3)	0.1 (32.2)	−5 (23)	−8 (18)	−11.6 (11.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	65.0 (2.56)	60.0 (2.36)	50.0 (1.97)	40.0 (1.57)	45.0 (1.77)	30.0 (1.18)	25.0 (0.98)	35.0 (1.38)	60.0 (2.36)	70.0 (2.76)	90.0 (3.54)	70.0 (2.76)	640.0 (25.20)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	90.0	140.0	180.0	250.0	260.0	300.0	280.0	260.0	230.0	150.0	110.0	100.0	2,350
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Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1795	1,320	—
1800	2,033	+54.0%
1806	2,570	+26.4%
1821	2,534	−1.4%
1831	2,680	+5.8%
1836	2,689	+0.3%
1841	2,625	−2.4%
1846	2,714	+3.4%
1851	2,882	+6.2%
1856	2,760	−4.2%
1861	2,893	+4.8%
1866	2,925	+1.1%
1872	2,837	−3.0%
1876	2,850	+0.5%
1881	2,880	+1.1%
1886	2,844	−1.2%
1891	2,944	+3.5%
1896	2,987	+1.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1901	3,042	+1.8%
1906	3,109	+2.2%
1911	3,025	−2.7%
1921	2,622	−13.3%
1926	3,615	+37.9%
1931	2,514	−30.5%
1936	2,327	−7.4%
1946	2,213	−4.9%
1954	2,242	+1.3%
1962	2,289	+2.1%
1968	2,225	−2.8%
1975	2,161	−2.9%
1982	2,283	+5.6%
1990	2,346	+2.8%
1999	2,400	+2.3%
2005	2,948	+22.8%
2006	3,027	+2.7%
2009	3,320	+9.7%