Floure
| Floure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Commune | ||
| ||
  Floure Location within Occitanie region  Floure | ||
| Coordinates: 43°11′02″N 2°29′27″E / 43.1839°N 2.4908°ECoordinates: 43°11′02″N 2°29′27″E / 43.1839°N 2.4908°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Aude | |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne | |
| Canton | La Montagne d'Alaric | |
| Intercommunality | Piémont d'Alaric | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Philippe Phalip | |
| Area1 | 4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 361 | |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11146 /11800 | |
| Elevation |
69–384 m (226–1,260 ft) (avg. 77 m or 253 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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Floure is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. The journalist and writer Gaston Bonheur (1913–1980) is buried in Floure where he owned the castle.
Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 98 | — |
| 1968 | 138 | +40.8% |
| 1975 | 137 | −0.7% |
| 1982 | 260 | +89.8% |
| 1990 | 255 | −1.9% |
| 1999 | 318 | +24.7% |
| 2008 | 361 | +13.5% |
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