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Commune in Occitanie, France
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Commune in Occitania, France
Coursan
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Location of Coursan
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Coordinates: 43°13′57″N 3°03′32″E / 43.2325°N 3.0589°E / 43.2325; 3.0589
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementNarbonne
CantonLes Basses Plaines de l'Aude
IntercommunalityGrand Narbonne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Edouard Rocher
Area24.61 km (9.50 sq mi)
Population5,762
 • Density230/km (610/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code11106 /11110
Elevation0–14 m (0–46 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coursan (French pronunciation: [kuʁsɑ̃] ; Occitan: Corçan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Coursan station has rail connections to Narbonne, Béziers and Montpellier.

It is 7 km from Narbonne on the river Aude. There is a bridge built in the fifteenth century, over which passes the RN9 road. The town has a church from the same period which is in the course of being restored.

Composer Henry Fourès was born in Coursan (17 May 1948)

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,440—    
1800 1,436−0.04%
1806 1,414−0.26%
1821 1,630+0.95%
1831 1,761+0.78%
1836 1,850+0.99%
1841 2,022+1.79%
1846 2,040+0.18%
1851 2,172+1.26%
1856 2,231+0.54%
1861 2,154−0.70%
1866 2,477+2.83%
1872 2,538+0.41%
1876 2,709+1.64%
1881 3,458+5.00%
1886 3,786+1.83%
1891 3,847+0.32%
1896 3,767−0.42%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,829+0.33%
1906 3,802−0.14%
1911 3,793−0.05%
1921 4,121+0.83%
1926 4,273+0.73%
1931 4,438+0.76%
1936 3,589−4.16%
1946 3,271−0.92%
1954 3,228−0.17%
1962 3,212−0.06%
1968 3,366+0.78%
1975 3,334−0.14%
1982 4,021+2.71%
1990 5,137+3.11%
1999 5,241+0.22%
2007 6,166+2.05%
2012 6,056−0.36%
2017 5,908−0.49%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coursan, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Communes of the Aude department


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