Bouvron (Breton: ) is a small town and commune, located in the Loire-Atlantique département of northwestern France, near Blain. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Loire-Atlantique (formerly Loire-Inférieure) is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Area: 43. 50 km². Population (1999): 2,411.
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Geography
Bouvron is near the following communes : Blain, Fay-de-Bretagne, Guenrouët, Savenay, Campbon and Quilly. Fay-de-Bretagne is a Village and commune in the Loire-Atlantique département of north-western France. Savenay ( Savenneg in Breton) is a commune of the Loire-Atlantique département in France. Campbon is a Village and commune in the Loire-Atlantique département of north-western France. Quilly may refer to the following places in France Quilly Ardennes, a commune in the Ardennes department Quilly Loire-Atlantique, The common is near the Canal de Nantes à Brest and the forest of Gâvre. The Canal de Nantes à Brest is a French Canal which links the two cities of Nantes and Brest through inland Brittany.
Bouvron is situated at 36 km in the east of Saint-Nazaire and at 49 km in the north of Nantes. See also the St Nazaire Raid Saint-Nazaire ( Breton: Sant-Nazer) is a town and ''commune'' in the Loire-Atlantique département Nantes (Naoned Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast
History
The tradition want that the name of Bouvron came at the word bovus (boeuf in Latin) because Bouvron was anciently reputed for his young oxes's fair. The merchants of these animals were named the bouverons. But the name Boveron or Bouveron appeared in the texts since the 12th century, instead in one text dated the 8 May 878 of the Redon's cartulary, the name of buluuron (name of the Bouvron's land) ceded to the monastery of Saint-Sauveur in Redon. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events By Place Europe May 21 — After a siege of eight months Syracuse is captured by the Muslims of Sicily. An etymological study say for us that Buluuron came of the gallic bébronnos which signify bébros= beaver and onnos= river.
Demography
Démographic progression
1962: 2 278 inhabitants
1968: 2 285 inhabitants
1975: 2 295 inhabitants
1982: 2 334 inhabitants
1990: 2 402 inhabitants
1999: 2 411 inhabitants
Economic life
Places and monuments
Monument of the surrender of the Poche of Saint-Nazaire the 11th of May 1945
This monument reminds that the WWII in Europe finished the 11 May 1945 in Bouvron, in a field, and not in Berlin the 8th May 1945 (or the 9 May for the Russians).
Castle of Quéhillac
Remarkable architectural ensemble of the 16th and 17th centuries composed of the castel, the chapel, the chaplain's home, the stables, the bridge and the moats. The enseble is registered on the list of the French historical monuments "Monuments Historiques" since the 22nd of November of 2002. In 1640, Nicolas Fouquet, finance's minister of Louis XIV married in his first wedding Louise Fourché de Quéhillac, who adduces him 160. Nicolas Fouquet marquis de Belle-Isle viscomte de Melun et Vaux ( January 27, 1615 – March 23, 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances 000 livres as her dowry.
Castle of Launay-Bedeau.
It was a medieval castle situated in the small village of Launay-Bedeau. It was simply a fortified tower with ramparts. In 1944, it was bombed. After the WWII, it was skimmed over, in spite of the importance of this medieval cultural heritage. The stones were reused to build a farm, a pigpen and to gravel the small ways. The alone vestiges you can see now are a doorstep, a tabernacle of the chapel and, of course, the beautiful moats of the castle.
The chapel of Saint-Julien
Situated in the hamlet of Saint-Julien, on the RD43 (departemental road), this chapel was raised on the lands of the monastery of Gavalais, a village at 2. 5 km in the south-west of the chapel. It is dedicated to Saint Julien the Hospitalier and accommodate a statue of this saint in military costume. Damaged at the French Revolution, this chapel was many times renovated. The recently safeguard works were carried in 1962.
The chapel of Saint-André
It is situated in the hamlet Le Châtel, at 1 km in south-east of Bouvron. It is dedicated to the first apostle of the Christ, St André, saint patron of the parish.
Famous people
René Waldeck-Rousseau stayed numerous years in the familial secondary residence during his years out of the politic.
Charles de Gaulle came to inaugurate the monument of the surrender of the Poche de Saint-Nazaire. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French The 2nd World War didn't finish the 8th May 1945 in Berlin but the 11th May 1945 in Bouvron, in a field.
External links
- Official web-site of the commmune
- Non-official web-site of the commune
- Bouvron on the site of the IGN, the French National Geographic Institute (maps...)
- Bouvron on the INSEE web-site( census, economic informations, other informations...)
- Bouvron on the Quid web-site( tourism, about the town...)
- The bordering commons of Bouvron
- Bouvron on a France's map
- PPlan of Bouvron on Mapquest
- Cultural heritage in Bouvron
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