Bouguenais (; Gallo: Bógonaè or Boug·naï, ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France near Nantes.

Bouguenais is home to the Nantes Atlantique Airport.

Population

Economy

thumb|left|The head office of [[Régional in 2010, head office of Air France Hop since 2013.]]

Régional, a regional airline, was headquartered on the grounds of Nantes Atlantique Airport.

Régional was formed on 30 March 2001 with the merger of Regional Airlines, Flandre Air, and Proteus Airlines. Before the formation of Régional, Regional Airlines had its headquarters on the grounds of the airport. Regional Airlines was the largest of the three companies that were merged into the new Régional. In 2013 the airline merged into HOP!, itself rebranded in 2019 as Air France Hop, which is still based at Nantes Atlantique Airport.

Mayors

List of the mayors of Bouguenais since 1900.

  • 2020- : Sandra Impériale
  • 2014-2020: Martine Le Jeune
  • 2007-2014: Michèle Gressus
  • 1993-2007: Françoise Verchère (resigned in September 2007)
  • 1971-1993: François Autain
  • 1947-1971: Henri Robichon
  • 1945-1947: Alexandre Gendron
  • 1944-1945: Georges Gaborieau
  • 1941-1944: Élie Leaute
  • 1940-1941: Joseph Bureau
  • 1912-1925: Louis Moreau
  • 1900-1912: Sébastien Guérin

Education

Primary schools in the commune include:

  • Preschools (écoles maternelles):
  • Bourg: Maternelle Chateaubriand, Ecole Jean Zay, École de la Croix-Jeannette
  • Couëts: Maternelle Françoise Dolto, Maternelle Célestin Freinet, Maternelle Fougan de Mer
  • Elementary schools:

See also

  • Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
  • Port Lavigne

References

  • Home page (Archive)
  • Webpage about Bouguenais