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Coutras

Coordinates: 45°02′30″N 0°07′38″W / 45.0417°N 0.1272°W / 45.0417; -0.1272
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Coutras
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Coutras
Location of Coutras
Map
Coutras is located in France
Coutras
Coutras
Coutras is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coutras
Coutras
Coordinates: 45°02′30″N 0°07′38″W / 45.0417°N 0.1272°W / 45.0417; -0.1272
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementLibourne
CantonLe Nord-Libournais
IntercommunalityCA Libournais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jérôme Cosnard[1]
Area
1
33.69 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
8,669
 • Density260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33138 /33230
Elevation4–74 m (13–243 ft)
(avg. 13 m or 43 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coutras (French pronunciation: [kutʁa]) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Coutras station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Angoulême, Périgueux, Brive-la-Gaillarde and Limoges.

History

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The Battle of Coutras, one of the most important battles of the French Wars of Religion, was fought there on 20 October 1587.

Coutras church

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,000—    
1800 3,060+0.28%
1806 3,050−0.05%
1821 2,821−0.52%
1831 3,144+1.09%
1836 3,172+0.18%
1841 3,302+0.81%
1846 3,200−0.63%
1851 3,371+1.05%
1856 3,532+0.94%
1861 3,883+1.91%
1866 3,789−0.49%
1872 3,685−0.46%
1876 3,944+1.71%
1881 4,008+0.32%
1886 5,092+4.90%
1891 4,231−3.64%
1896 3,903−1.60%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,062+0.80%
1906 4,406+1.64%
1911 4,807+1.76%
1921 4,924+0.24%
1926 5,078+0.62%
1931 5,211+0.52%
1936 5,281+0.27%
1946 5,540+0.48%
1954 5,668+0.29%
1962 5,948+0.60%
1968 5,830−0.33%
1975 6,040+0.51%
1982 6,351+0.72%
1990 6,689+0.65%
1999 7,003+0.51%
2007 7,815+1.38%
2012 8,085+0.68%
2017 8,606+1.26%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coutras, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE