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Country
  
France

Department
  
Loiret

Intercommunality
  
Canton de Briare

Area
  
25.8 km²

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Briare

Population (2012)
  
2,009

Arrondissement
  
Montargis

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Bonny-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department of the Centre region of north-central France.

Contents

Map of 45420 Bonny-sur-Loire, France

Place name

The name is evidenced historically at least since the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Geography

The commune of Bonny stands beside the river Loire, at the border of the Burgundy region and separated from the Nièvre department by a river, the Cheuille. The town is situated on the main route between Paris and Nevers, the A77 and RN7.

Population

The inhabitants are known as Bonnychons.

Administration

The mayor since March 2001 has been Michel Lechauve.

Sights

Suspension bridge between Bonny-sur-Loire et Beaulieu-sur-Loire (carrying the road D926)

Quality of life

Bonny-sur-Loire is a ville fleurie, graded at the level of three flowers by the National Council for the Villes et Villages Fleuris de France.

Celebrations

  • Val de Jazz : in July
  • Wine festival and Second-Hand Market : the last Sunday in July
  • Salon of autumnal art: the week of 1 November
  • Saint-Aignan : each year, in November

    • Personalities

  • Nicolas Habicot (1550–1624), surgeon of the Duke of Nemours and anatomist, was born at Bonny
  • François Jean-Baptiste d'Alphonse (1756–1821) born at Bonny, was a politician of the 18th-19th centuries
  • Désiré Lubin (1854–1929), painter, born at Bonny.

    • References

    Bonny-sur-Loire Wikipedia
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