Le Bignon

This article is about the commune in western France. For the commune in north-central France, see Le Bignon-Mirabeau.

Le Bignon
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Le Bignon
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Coordinates: 47°05′57″N 1°29′22″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Intercommunality	Grand Lieu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Hégron
Area 1	27.54 km2 (10.63 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	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 is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1806	1,643	—
1821	1,833	+11.6%
1836	1,962	+7.0%
1841	2,032	+3.6%
1846	2,100	+3.3%
1851	2,205	+5.0%
1856	2,155	−2.3%
1861	2,119	−1.7%
1866	1,833	−13.5%
1872	1,805	−1.5%
1876	1,805	+0.0%
1881	1,842	+2.0%
1886	1,825	−0.9%
1891	1,823	−0.1%
1896	1,747	−4.2%
1901	1,763	+0.9%
1906	1,743	−1.1%
1911	1,705	−2.2%
1921	1,506	−11.7%
1926	1,501	−0.3%
1931	1,409	−6.1%
1936	1,302	−7.6%
1946	1,269	−2.5%
1954	1,414	+11.4%
1962	1,438	+1.7%
1968	1,471	+2.3%
1975	1,880	+27.8%
1982	2,279	+21.2%
1990	2,378	+4.3%
1999	2,583	+8.6%
2009	3,227	+24.9%
2017	3,770	+16.8%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department