Bou

For other uses, see Bou (disambiguation).

Bou
Church of Saint George
Bou
Location within Centre region Bou
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Chécy
Intercommunality	Orléans Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Nicole Wojcik
Area1	6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	906
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	45043 / 45430
Elevation	97–102 m (318–335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bou is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The village is situated in the greater Orléans area, in a meander of the river Loire, 14km east of Orléans and 9km west of the town of Jargeau. Bou is separated by fields from the villages of Mardié and Chécy, which lie to the north. The village of Bou was traditionally an agricultural area, producing cereal crops and vegetables and a local wine known as Gris-meunier. The inhabitants of Bou are known as Boumiens.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	689	—
1800	586	−14.9%
1806	617	+5.3%
1821	675	+9.4%
1831	674	−0.1%
1836	665	−1.3%
1841	630	−5.3%
1846	617	−2.1%
1851	571	−7.5%
1856	581	+1.8%
1861	512	−11.9%
1866	517	+1.0%
1872	523	+1.2%
1876	516	−1.3%
1881	531	+2.9%
1886	535	+0.8%
1891	505	−5.6%
1896	503	−0.4%
1901	506	+0.6%
1906	505	−0.2%
1911	502	−0.6%
1921	434	−13.5%
1926	452	+4.1%
1931	446	−1.3%
1936	455	+2.0%
1946	431	−5.3%
1954	428	−0.7%
1962	415	−3.0%
1968	499	+20.2%
1975	567	+13.6%
1982	580	+2.3%
1990	705	+21.6%
1999	845	+19.9%
2006	911	+7.8%
2009	895	−1.8%
2012	906	+1.2%

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department

References

• INSEE statistics