Bon-Encontre

Bon-Encontre is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Bon-Encontre
Commune
The statue of the Virgin, in Bon-Encontre
Location of Bon-Encontre
Bon-Encontre Bon-Encontre
Coordinates: 44°11′14″N 0°40′22″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Agen
Canton	Agen-2
Intercommunality	Agen
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Lauzzana
Area ^1	20.56 km^2 (7.94 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	6,199
• Density	300/km^2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	47032 /47240
Elevation	48–209 m (157–686 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1800	1,361	—
1806	1,607	+18.1%
1821	1,555	−3.2%
1831	1,646	+5.9%
1836	1,700	+3.3%
1841	1,535	−9.7%
1851	1,579	+2.9%
1856	1,455	−7.9%
1861	1,322	−9.1%
1866	1,486	+12.4%
1872	1,397	−6.0%
1876	1,370	−1.9%
1881	1,301	−5.0%
1886	1,275	−2.0%
1891	1,279	+0.3%
1896	1,251	−2.2%
1901	1,189	−5.0%
1906	1,156	−2.8%
1911	1,186	+2.6%
1921	1,045	−11.9%
1926	1,208	+15.6%
1931	1,291	+6.9%
1936	1,531	+18.6%
1946	1,633	+6.7%
1954	1,867	+14.3%
1962	2,600	+39.3%
1968	3,177	+22.2%
1975	3,853	+21.3%
1982	4,462	+15.8%
1990	5,362	+20.2%
1999	5,759	+7.4%
2006	5,910	+2.6%
2009	6,049	+2.4%

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.