Le Bignon

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Le Bignon Le Binyon (Gallo) Ar Bignon (Breton)
Commune

Coat of arms
Location of Le Bignon
(2020–2026)		Serge Hégron^[1]
Area ¹	27.54 km² (10.63 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,957
• Density	140/km² (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44014 /44140
Elevation	3–58 m (9.8–190.3 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Bignon (French pronunciation: [lə biɲɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Le Binyon, Breton: Ar Bignon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1806	1,643	—
1821	1,833	+0.73%
1846	2,100	+0.55%
1872	1,805	−0.58%
1901	1,763	−0.08%
1926	1,501	−0.64%
1946	1,269	−0.84%
1962	1,438	+0.78%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,471	+0.38%
1975	1,880	+3.57%
1982	2,279	+2.79%
1990	2,378	+0.53%
1999	2,582	+0.92%
2007	3,184	+2.65%
2012	3,454	+1.64%
2017	3,770	+1.77%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Bignon, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE