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
Régional, a regional airline, was headquartered on the grounds of Nantes Atlantique Airport."Contact ." Régional. Retrieved 2 June 2009. "REGIONAL – Aéroport Nantes Atlantique 44345 BOUGUENAIS Cedex"
Régional was formed on 30 March 2001 with the merger of Regional Airlines, Flandre Air, and Proteus Airlines."History ." Régional. Retrieved on 2 May 2010. Before the formation of Régional, Regional Airlines had its headquarters on the grounds of the airport."World Airline Directory." Flight International. 3–9 April 2001. 66. Regional Airlines was the largest of the three companies that were merged into the new Régional."Air France fusionne trois de ses compagnies régionales." Les Echos #18280. 16 November 2000. Page 30. Retrieved on 2 May 2010. "Nantes, où est basé Regional Airlines, la plus importante des trois compagnies, sera le siège de la nouvelle entité." In 2013 the airline merged into HOP!, itself rebranded in 2019 as Air France Hop, which is still based at Nantes Atlantique Airport."." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
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):"L'enseignement Primaire." Bouguenais. January 19th, 2019. Retrieved on January 19th, 2019. Bourg: Maternelle Chateaubriand, Ecole Jean Zay, École de la Croix-Jeannette Couëts: Maternelle Françoise Dolto, Maternelle Célestin Freinet, Maternelle Fougan de Mer Elementary schools: Bourg: Élémentaire Chateaubriand, Ecole Jean Zay, École de la Croix-Jeannette Couëts: Élémentaire Urbain le Verrier, Élémentaire Fougan de Mer There is a private school group, Groupe Saint-Pierre (formerly Groupe Notre-Dame Saint-Pierre), with École Saint-Pierre.
There is one public junior high school, Collège et SEGPA de la Neustrie, one public high school, Lycée Professionnel Pablo Neruda, and a private alternative school, Lycée Professionnel Hôtelier Privé Daniel Brottier (the private high school is for children with academic, social, and family troubles)."L'enseignement secondaire." Bouguenais. March 24, 2016. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.
See also
Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department Port Lavigne
References
External links Home page (Archive) Webpage about Bouguenais