Area 47.63 km² Arrondissement Châteaubriant | Canton Blain Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 2,411 (1999) | |
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Bouvron is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
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Map of 44130 Bouvron, France
Geography
Bouvron is near the following communes : Blain, Fay-de-Bretagne, Guenrouet, Savenay, Campbon and Quilly. The commune is near the Canal de Nantes à Brest and the forest of Gâvre.
Bouvron is situated 36 km to the east of Saint-Nazaire and 49 km to the north of Nantes.
History
The tradition went that the name "Bouvron" derived from the word bovus (Latin: ox; cf French: boeuf) because Bouvron was anciently reputed for its fair for the trade of young oxen. and the merchants of these animals were known as the bouverons. But the name Boveron or Bouveron appeared in the texts only from the 12th century onwards, whereas in one text dated 8 May 878 from the cartulary of Redon Abbey, the name Buluuron is used for the estate when it was granted to the abbey, in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. An etymological study reveals that "Buluuron" is derived from the Gallic bébronnos, made up of bébros (= "beaver") and onnos (= "river").
Sights
Personalities
René Waldeck-Rousseau stayed numerous years in the familial secondary residence during his years out of politics.
Charles de Gaulle came to inaugurate the monument of the surrender of the Poche de Saint-Nazaire. The 2nd World War didn't finish the on the 8th of May 1945 in Berlin, but on the 11th of May 1945 in Bouvron, in a field.