Bonny-sur-Loire is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Loiret

Loiret

Loiret is a department in north-central FranceThe department is named after the river Loiret, a tributary of the Loire. The Loiret is located wholly within the department.- History :...

 department of the Centre region of north-central France. Its inhabitants are known as "Bonnychons".

Place name

The name is evidenced historically at least since the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Geography

The commune of Bonny stands beside the river Loire, at the border of the Burgundy region and separated from the Nièvre

Nièvre

Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 department by a river, the Cheuille. The town is situated on the main route between Paris and Nevers

Nevers

Nevers is a commune in – and the administrative capital of – the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne region in central France...

, the A77 and RN7.

Heritage

Suspension bridge between Bonny-sur-Loire et Beaulieu-sur-Loire

Beaulieu-sur-Loire

Beaulieu-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.*INSEE code: 45029*Postal code:*Canton: Châtillon-sur-Loire*Arrondissement : Montargis )*Former arrondissement : Gien*Département: Loiret...

 (carrying the road D926)

Quality of life

Bonny-sur-Loire is a 'ville fleurie' or 'town of flowers', graded at the level of three flowers by the National Council for the Villes and Villages Fleuris of France.

Celebrations

• Val de Jazz : in July
• Wine festival and Second-Hand Market : the last Sunday in July
• Salon of autumnal art: the week of 1 November
• Saint-Aignan : each year, in November

Famous people

• Nicolas Habicot (1550–1624), surgeon of the Duke of Nemours and anatomist, was born at Bonny
• François Jean-Baptiste d'Alphonse (1756–1821) born at Bonny, was a politician of the 18th-19th centuries
• Désiré Lubin (1854–1929), painter, born at Bonny.

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department