Bonny-sur-Loire

Bonny-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [bɔni syʁ lwaʁ], literally Bonny on 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 Show map of France Bonny-sur-Loire Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°33′41″N 2°50′27″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Montargis
Canton	Gien
Intercommunality	Berry Loire Puisaye
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Chaillou[1]
Area 1	25.8 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,851
• Density	72/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.

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 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and separated from the Nièvre department by the river Cheuille. The town is situated on the main route between Paris and Nevers, the A77 and RN7.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,701	—
1975	1,778	+0.63%
1982	1,830	+0.41%
1990	1,921	+0.61%
1999	1,924	+0.02%
2009	2,065	+0.71%
2014	1,977	−0.87%
2020	1,861	−1.00%
Source: INSEE[3]

The inhabitants are known as Bonnychons in French.^[4]

Administration

The mayor is Michel Chaillou, in office since 2020.

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

• Communes of the Loiret department