Coutras

Coutras
Commune
Town hall

Coat of arms
Coutras
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Coutras
Coordinates: 45°02′30″N 0°07′38″W / 45.0417°N 0.1272°W / 45.0417; -0.1272Coordinates: 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 Pays de Coutras
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marie-Claire Arnaud
Area1 33.69 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 8,085
 • Density 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coutras is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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.±%
1793 3,000—    
1800 3,060+2.0%
1806 3,050−0.3%
1821 2,821−7.5%
1831 3,144+11.4%
1836 3,172+0.9%
1841 3,302+4.1%
1846 3,200−3.1%
1851 3,371+5.3%
1856 3,532+4.8%
1861 3,883+9.9%
1866 3,789−2.4%
1872 3,685−2.7%
1876 3,944+7.0%
1881 4,008+1.6%
1886 5,092+27.0%
1891 4,231−16.9%
1896 3,903−7.8%
1901 4,062+4.1%
1906 4,406+8.5%
1911 4,807+9.1%
1921 4,924+2.4%
1926 5,078+3.1%
1931 5,211+2.6%
1936 5,281+1.3%
1946 5,540+4.9%
1954 5,668+2.3%
1962 5,948+4.9%
1968 5,830−2.0%
1975 6,040+3.6%
1982 6,351+5.1%
1990 6,689+5.3%
1999 7,027+5.1%
2008 7,902+12.5%

See also

References

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