Bon-Encontre

Bon-Encontre
Commune
The statue of the Virgin, in Bon-Encontre
Location of Bon-Encontre
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Coordinates: 44°11′14″N 0°40′22″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Agen
Canton	Agen-2
Intercommunality	Agglomération d'Agen
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurence Lamy[1]
Area ^1	20.56 km^2 (7.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,233
• Density	300/km^2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	47032 /47240
Elevation	48–209 m (157–686 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bon-Encontre (French pronunciation: [bɔ.n‿ɑ̃kɔ̃tʁ]; Occitan: Bonencontre) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 1,361 —     1806 1,607 +2.81% 1821 1,555 −0.22% 1831 1,646 +0.57% 1836 1,700 +0.65% 1841 1,535 −2.02% 1846 1,535 +0.00% 1851 1,579 +0.57% 1856 1,455 −1.62% 1861 1,322 −1.90% 1866 1,486 +2.37% 1872 1,397 −1.02% 1876 1,370 −0.49% 1881 1,301 −1.03% 1886 1,275 −0.40% 1891 1,279 +0.06% 1896 1,251 −0.44% 1901 1,189 −1.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,156 −0.56% 1911 1,186 +0.51% 1921 1,045 −1.26% 1926 1,208 +2.94% 1931 1,291 +1.34% 1936 1,531 +3.47% 1946 1,633 +0.65% 1954 1,867 +1.69% 1962 2,600 +4.23% 1968 3,177 +3.40% 1975 3,853 +2.79% 1982 4,462 +2.12% 1990 5,362 +2.32% 1999 5,759 +0.80% 2007 5,936 +0.38% 2012 6,182 +0.82% 2017 6,199 +0.05%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
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 Bon-Encontre, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE