Bourgueil

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

Bourgueil
Commune
A general view of Bourgueil
Coat of arms
Location of Bourgueil
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Coordinates: 47°16′59″N 0°10′09″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Langeais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoît Baranger[1]
Area 1	32.95 km2 (12.72 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,648
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37031 /37140
Elevation	28–117 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.

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

Main article: Bourgueil AOC

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