Bouchemaine

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Bouchemaine

Total population

6,690

Elevation11 m

Land area19.81 km²

Coordinates47.42°, -0.61°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bouchemaine is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Joan of England

Queen of Sicily (1165-1199)

Adolphe Tabarant

French art historian (1863-1950)

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Guillaume Widmer

French politician and private banker (1906-1968)

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Henri Marie Raoul Brincard

French Roman Catholic bishop (1939–2014)

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Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray

French Cardinal (1815–1884)

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Véronique Courjault

French criminal

André Meynier

French geographer (1901–1983)

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André Sarazin de Haes

French writer and historian (1933–2007)

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Anne-José Lemonnier

French poet (1958–2024)

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Anne Portugal

French poet

Anselme François René Papiau de La Verrie

French politician (1770-1856)

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Antonin Bideau

French poet and film director

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Arsène Avril de Pignerolles

French politician

Arthur de Cumont

French politician (1818-1902)

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Audrey Bellia-Sauvage

French basketball player

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Auguste Liquois

French comics artist (1902-1969)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pays de la Loire

• Port-Thibault
  1.5 mi away
• Mûrs-Erigné
  3.8 mi away · pop. 5,935
• Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou
  6.2 mi away · pop. 9,460
• Juigné-sur-Loire
  6.3 mi away · pop. 4,631
• La Meignanne
  7.2 mi away · pop. 2,129
• Montreuil-Juigné
  7.3 mi away · pop. 7,842
• Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay
  8.5 mi away · pop. 3,464
• Chalonnes-sur-Loire
  8.8 mi away · pop. 6,519
• Vauchrétien
  8.8 mi away · pop. 1,478
• Brain-sur-l'Authion
  9.3 mi away · pop. 3,291
• Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou
  9.5 mi away · pop. 7,775
• Faye-d'Anjou
  9.8 mi away · pop. 1,289

Browse all places in Pays de la Loire →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Cryptocephalus vittatus

Cryptocephalus vittatus

Seen 2026-06-03

Trachys lichtensteini

Trachys lichtensteini

Seen 2026-06-03

Common St. John's Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Seen 2026-06-03

French flax

Linum trigynum

Seen 2026-06-03

Alchymist

Catephia alchymista

Seen 2026-06-03

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Seen 2026-06-03

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

Seen 2026-06-03

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Seen 2026-06-03

Lesser Yellow Underwing

Noctua comes

Seen 2026-06-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bouchemaine, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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