Le Bignon

This article is about the commune in western France. For the commune in north-central France, see Le Bignon-Mirabeau.

Le Bignon Le Binyon (Gallo) Ar Bignon (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Le Bignon
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Coordinates: 47°05′57″N 1°29′22″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Intercommunality	Grand Lieu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Hégron[1]
Area ^1	27.54 km^2 (10.63 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,957
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44014 /44140
Elevation	3–58 m (9.8–190.3 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Bignon (French pronunciation: [lə biɲɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Le Binyon, Breton: Ar Bignon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1806 1,643 —     1821 1,833 +0.73% 1846 2,100 +0.55% 1872 1,805 −0.58% 1901 1,763 −0.08% 1926 1,501 −0.64% 1946 1,269 −0.84% 1962 1,438 +0.78%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,471 +0.38% 1975 1,880 +3.57% 1982 2,279 +2.79% 1990 2,378 +0.53% 1999 2,582 +0.92% 2007 3,184 +2.65% 2012 3,454 +1.64% 2017 3,770 +1.77%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Bignon, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE