Bourgneuf-en-Retz
# Bourgneuf-en-Retz

Bourgneuf-en-Retz (French pronunciation: ​; Breton: Bourc'hnevez-Raez) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Villeneuve-en-Retz.

## Climate

Climate Les Moutiers en Retz

Climate data for Les Moutiers en Retz 1971/2000 avg 1958 rec :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) | 27.4 (81.3) | 28.8 (83.8) | 33.5 (92.3) | 37.7 (99.9) | 46.2 (115.2) | 46.5 (115.7) | 45.3 (113.5) | 40.9 (105.6) | 33.2 (91.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 22.1 (71.8) | 46.5 (115.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 11 (52) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15 (59) | 18.2 (64.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 19.1 (66.4) | 14.1 (57.4) | 12.1 (53.8) | 18.9 (66.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11 (52) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) | 6.1 (43.0) | 7 (45) | 9 (48) | 12 (54) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11 (52) | 8 (46) | 6 (43) | 10.7 (51.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) | −9.3 (15.3) | −5.4 (22.3) | 0.2 (32.4) | 2.5 (36.5) | 6.9 (44.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 0.1 (32.2) | −5 (23) | −8 (18) | −11.6 (11.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.0 (2.56) | 60.0 (2.36) | 50.0 (1.97) | 40.0 (1.57) | 45.0 (1.77) | 30.0 (1.18) | 25.0 (0.98) | 35.0 (1.38) | 60.0 (2.36) | 70.0 (2.76) | 90.0 (3.54) | 70.0 (2.76) | 640.0 (25.20) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 90.0 | 140.0 | 180.0 | 250.0 | 260.0 | 300.0 | 280.0 | 260.0 | 230.0 | 150.0 | 110.0 | 100.0 | 2,350 |

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| - | - | - |
| 1795 | 1,320 | — |
| 1800 | 2,033 | +54.0% |
| 1806 | 2,570 | +26.4% |
| 1821 | 2,534 | −1.4% |
| 1831 | 2,680 | +5.8% |
| 1836 | 2,689 | +0.3% |
| 1841 | 2,625 | −2.4% |
| 1846 | 2,714 | +3.4% |
| 1851 | 2,882 | +6.2% |
| 1856 | 2,760 | −4.2% |
| 1861 | 2,893 | +4.8% |
| 1866 | 2,925 | +1.1% |
| 1872 | 2,837 | −3.0% |
| 1876 | 2,850 | +0.5% |
| 1881 | 2,880 | +1.1% |
| 1886 | 2,844 | −1.2% |
| 1891 | 2,944 | +3.5% |
| 1896 | 2,987 | +1.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1901 | 3,042 | +1.8% |
| 1906 | 3,109 | +2.2% |
| 1911 | 3,025 | −2.7% |
| 1921 | 2,622 | −13.3% |
| 1926 | 3,615 | +37.9% |
| 1931 | 2,514 | −30.5% |
| 1936 | 2,327 | −7.4% |
| 1946 | 2,213 | −4.9% |
| 1954 | 2,242 | +1.3% |
| 1962 | 2,289 | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 2,225 | −2.8% |
| 1975 | 2,161 | −2.9% |
| 1982 | 2,283 | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 2,346 | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 2,400 | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 2,948 | +22.8% |
| 2006 | 3,027 | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 3,320 | +9.7% |

## Transport

Gare de Bourgneuf-en-Retz is served by train services between Pornic and Nantes.

