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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Coutras
Commune
Town hallTown hall
Coat of arms of CoutrasCoat of arms
Location of Coutras
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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
Area33.69 km (13.01 sq mi)
Population8,669
 • Density260/km (670/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code33138 /33230
Elevation4–74 m (13–243 ft)
(avg. 13 m or 43 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (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

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

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 and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

References

  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
Communes of the Gironde department


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