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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coutras
Commune
Town hallTown hall
Coat of arms of CoutrasCoat of arms
Location of Coutras Map
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Coordinates: 45°02′30″N 0°07′38″W / 45.0417°N 0.1272°W / 45.0417; -0.1272
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Libourne
Canton Le Nord-Libournais
Intercommunality CA Libournais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026) Jérôme Cosnard[1]
Area1 33.69 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Population (2022)[2] 8,695
• Density 260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 33138 /33230
Elevation 4–74 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.

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

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]
  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coutras, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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