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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.

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.±% 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  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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