Le Coteau

This article is about the commune in France. For other uses, see coteau (disambiguation).

Le Coteau
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Le Coteau
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Coordinates: 46°01′41″N 4°05′15″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Le Coteau
Intercommunality	Roannais Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandra Creuzet
Area 1	4.89 km2 (1.89 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,889
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42071 /42120
Elevation	265–317 m (869–1,040 ft) (avg. 278 m or 912 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Coteau (French pronunciation: [lə kɔto]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

It lies about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of Lyon on the right bank of the river Loire, opposite the larger town Roanne.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1846 1,534 —     1851 1,678 +1.81% 1856 1,817 +1.60% 1861 2,032 +2.26% 1866 2,493 +4.17% 1872 2,565 +0.48% 1876 2,447 −1.17% 1881 2,621 +1.38% 1886 2,780 +1.18% 1891 3,092 +2.15% 1896 3,714 +3.73% 1901 4,462 +3.74% 1906 4,590 +0.57% 1911 4,624 +0.15% 1921 5,113 +1.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1926 5,365 +0.97% 1931 5,500 +0.50% 1936 5,626 +0.45% 1946 6,143 +0.88% 1954 6,222 +0.16% 1962 6,571 +0.68% 1968 7,613 +2.48% 1975 8,488 +1.57% 1982 8,359 −0.22% 1990 7,469 −1.40% 1999 7,375 −0.14% 2007 7,040 −0.58% 2012 6,815 −0.65% 2017 6,872 +0.17%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns

Le Coteau is twinned with:

• Zwevegem, Belgium, since 1966
• Lorsch, Germany, since 1967
• Espalion, France, since 1998
• Marchamalo, Spain, since 2007

See also

• Communes of the Loire department