Bourgueil

Bourgueil
Commune
A general view of Bourgueil
Coat of arms
Location of Bourgueil
Bourgueil Bourgueil
Coordinates:47°16′59″N0°10′09″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Langeais
Government
• Mayor(2020–2026)	Benoît Baranger
Area 1	32.95 km2(12.72 sq mi)
Population (2021)	3,728
• Density	110/km2(290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00(CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37031/37140
Elevation	28–117 m (92–384 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourgueil(French pronunciation:[buʁɡœj]) is acommunein theIndre-et-Loiredepartmentin centralFrance.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,280 — 1800 3,179 −0.45% 1806 3,200 +0.11% 1821 3,320 +0.25% 1831 3,556 +0.69% 1836 3,600 +0.25% 1841 3,493 −0.60% 1846 3,485 −0.05% 1851 3,405 −0.46% 1856 3,400 −0.03% 1861 3,416 +0.09% 1866 3,381 −0.21% 1872 3,304 −0.38% 1876 3,310 +0.05% 1881 3,207 −0.63% 1886 3,274 +0.41% 1891 3,143 −0.81% 1896 3,102 −0.26%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,063 −0.25% 1906 2,989 −0.49% 1911 2,850 −0.95% 1921 2,512 −1.25% 1926 2,563 +0.40% 1931 2,488 −0.59% 1936 2,456 −0.26% 1946 2,551 +0.38% 1954 2,602 +0.25% 1962 3,093 +2.18% 1968 3,631 +2.71% 1975 3,620 −0.04% 1982 4,136 +1.92% 1990 4,001 −0.41% 1999 4,109 +0.30% 2007 3,909 −0.62% 2012 3,884 −0.13% 2017 3,923 +0.20%
Source: EHESSand INSEE (1968–2017)

Bourgueil wine

Main article:Bourgueil AOC

Bourgueilis anappellation d'origine contrôlée(AOC) forwinein theLoire Valley region,and produces primarily red wine from the grape varietyCabernet Franc.Bourgueil wine was mentioned in the works ofFrançois Rabelais.

Transportation

Bourgueil is served by theA85 autoroute,a nearby railway line and the cycling-route, Loire a vélo.

Personalities

Bourgueil was the birthplace of:

• Moses Amyraut(1596–1664),Protestanttheologianandmetaphysician
• Antoine Brutus Menier(1795–1853),chocolatier
• Jean Carmet(1920–1994),actor

In Acadian Genealogy, Bourgueil is notable as the birthplace of Guillaume Trahan.

See also

• Loire Valley (wine)
• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

External links

• Tourist office website(in French)
• Haut-de-la-Gardière