Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
region=Centre
departement=Indre-et-Loire
arrondissement=Chinon
canton=Bourgueil
insee=37228
cp=37500
mayor=Christel Cousseau
term of office=2001-2008
intercomm=C.C du Pays de Bourgueil
longitude=0.126666666667
latitude=47.285
alt mini=26 m
alt maxi=116 m
hectares=3,645
km²=36.45
sans=1,194
date-sans=1999
dens=33
date-dens=1999

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire "département" in the "région" Centre, in France. This little village is on the road of the Loire Valley, in the center of many famous castles as (Chenonceaux, Villandry...). The commune is home to a wine appellation, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOC.

Its inhabitants are called the "Saint-nicolaisiens, Saint-nicolaisiennes".

Geography

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is situated between Angers, Tours and Chinon.

History

The old "ecclesia Sancti Nicolai", mentionned in 1208,was situated in the North-east of the present cemetery of Bourgueil.

In 1790-1794, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil annexed the former commune of La Taille. The current "bourg" ("village centre") of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil was built at the centre of the commune during the July Monarchy (1830-1848).

=Demography [ [http://cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=33792# Graphique d'évolution de la population, 1794-1999] ] =

DemogFR
1794=1,680 | 1800=1,629 | 1806=1,815 | 1820=1,829 | 1831=2,104 | 1836=2,031 | 1841=1,987 | 1846=1,957 | 1851=1,974 | 1856=1,954 | 1861=1,910 | 1866=1,907 | 1872=1,868 | 1876=1,790 | 1881=1,736 | 1886=1,678 | 1891=1,678 | 1896=1,658 | 1901=1,573 | 1906=1,536 | 1911=1,440 | 1921=1,345 | 1926=1,350 | 1931=1,214 | 1936=1,239 | 1946=1,195 | 1954=1,270 | 1962=1,319 | 1968=1,273 | 1975=1,173 | 1982=1,116 | 1990=1,176 | 1999=1,194 | date1=2006 | pop1=1,219

Personalities linked to the commune

Marie Dupin, a conquest of Pierre de Ronsard, lived in the Port Guyer (part of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil) all her life.Fact|date=April 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.thierrypantaleon.com/ Domaine de Haut-de-la-Gardière, wine estate]
* [http://www.loire-france.com/villes/indre-et-loire/st-nicolas-de-bourgueil/ Postcards of the village]