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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Bourgougnague
Commune
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Location of Bourgougnague
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Coordinates: 44°37′03″N 0°25′02″E / 44.6175°N 0.4172°E / 44.6175; 0.4172
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLot-et-Garonne
ArrondissementMarmande
CantonLe Val du Dropt
IntercommunalityPays de Lauzun
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Marie Constantin
Area11.73 km (4.53 sq mi)
Population289
 • Density25/km (64/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code47035 /47410
Elevation53–131 m (174–430 ft)
(avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourgougnague (French pronunciation: [buʁɡuɲaɡ]; Occitan: Bergonhagas) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 239—    
1975 224−0.92%
1982 254+1.81%
1990 256+0.10%
1999 233−1.04%
2009 285+2.03%
2014 282−0.21%
2020 316+1.92%
Source: INSEE

History

From the 4th century AD, barbarians swept into the Gallic Empire. In the 5th century, the Germanic peoples and Burgundians settled in the area. The town owes its name to these people: the pronunciation in Germanic gave "Burgundiaca" meaning "field of the Burgundians."

Sites and Monuments

  • The Church of Our Lady of Bourgougnague (Église Notre-Dame de Bourgougnague) from the 13th century. The choir was painted before World War II by the Italian painter Giovanni Masutti, from Stevana in the Treviso region.
  • The Church of St. Lawrence (Église de Saint-Laurent).
  • Jolibert Castle (Château de Jolibert) which houses the first of the Rural Family Homes (Maison familiale rurale - an association devoted to educate young people) in Europe.
  • The manor of the great moor with its chapel dating from the 16th century. This area is a dependency of the Lauzun castle but was also a hunting reserve of King Henry IV.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department


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