Cours, Rhône
Appearance
Cours | |
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Coordinates: 46°06′01″N 4°19′17″E / 46.1003°N 4.3214°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Rhône |
Arrondissement | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
Canton | Thizy-les-Bourgs |
Intercommunality | CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrice Verchère[1] |
Area 1 | 33.81 km2 (13.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 4,352 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 69066 /69470 |
Elevation | 407–905 m (1,335–2,969 ft) (avg. 656 m or 2,152 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Cours (French pronunciation: [kuʁ] ) is a commune in the Rhône department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Cours-la-Ville is the municipal seat.
History
[edit]On 1 January 2016, Cours was created by the merger of Cours-la-Ville, Pont-Trambouze and Thel.[3]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 6,879 | — |
1975 | 6,528 | −0.75% |
1982 | 6,054 | −1.07% |
1990 | 5,487 | −1.22% |
1999 | 5,082 | −0.85% |
2007 | 4,726 | −0.90% |
2009 | 3,916 | −8.97% |
2012 | 4,624 | +5.70% |
2014 | 2,625 | −24.65% |
2017 | 4,449 | +19.23% |
2020 | 4,366 | −0.63% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté du 18 novembre 2015 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Cours, Journal officiel de la République française, 31 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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