Bourgneuf, Charente-Maritime

For other uses, see Bourgneuf (disambiguation).

Bourgneuf (French pronunciation: [buʁnœf]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime in the department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

General Adolphe Guillaumat (right), with Fernand de Langle de Cary (center) and Joseph Joffre (left).

Bourgneuf
Commune
The town hall in Bourgneuf
Location of Bourgneuf
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Coordinates: 46°10′04″N 1°01′23″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	La Jarrie
Intercommunality	CA La Rochelle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Paul-Roland Vincent[1]
Area 1	2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,441
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17059 /17220
Elevation	22–47 m (72–154 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

General Adolphe Guillaumat was born in Bourgneuf.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	285	—
1968	313	+9.8%
1975	404	+29.1%
1982	841	+108.2%
1990	1,044	+24.1%
1999	1,041	−0.3%
2008	1,063	+2.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department