Bonnetan

Bonnetan is a commune with 826 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the Gironde department in the region Aquitaine and belongs to the canton in the Arrondissement Bordeaux Creon. The municipality is located in the catchment area of the city of Bordeaux.

Geography

Bonnetan located in the southwest of France in the region of Entre -deux-mers between the rivers Garonne and Dordogne, 14 km east of Bordeaux, the capital of the Aquitaine region, and 7.4 kilometers north- west of the cantonal capital of Creon, on an average height of 67 meters above sea level. The village is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fargues -Saint -Hilaire, Sallebœuf, Loupes and Lignan -de- Bordeaux. The municipality has an area of 4.29 square kilometers. The creek flows through the Anne Canter community.

Bonnetan is a climate of type Cfb ( according to Köppen and Geiger ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( a). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.

History

Bonnetan was (52 BC to 486 AD) inhabited in Gallo-Roman times. And since that time by fields and vineyards. According to Ernest Nègre the place name is also Gallo-Roman origin, composed of the personal names and place names Bonnitus mission - anum. The parish church Saint -Martin was built in the 12th century. The hamlet of La Loubière was in the ancien régime a Seigneurie. Where a castle was built in the 16th century.

1793 Bonnetan received the status of a municipality in the wake of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ). 1801 received the community through administrative reform in the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821 ) under the name Bonnetaut the right to local self-government. The population has increased since 1968 from 275 to 810 at that time in 2009.

Culture and sights

Bonnetan part of the local government association Les Coteaux Bordelais. The seven member communities organized in May 2012 for the first time a gratuitous concert series called Eufonia with classical music. The series of events will be repeated annually.

The La Loubière castle from the 16th century, was enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries. The farm buildings date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The castle is privately owned and is now used as a hotel.

On a branch of the Anne Canter is a Lavoir from the 19th century.

The patron saint of the church Saint -Martin in the 12th century Martin of Tours. 1664 collapsed the roof. It was renewed subsequently. 1890, the church was restored and cultivated a sacristy and a porch.