Coutras

Coutras
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Coutras
Coutras Coutras
Coordinates: 45°02′30″N 0°07′38″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Le Nord-Libournais
Intercommunality	CA Libournais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jérôme Cosnard
Area 1	33.69 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	8,669
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33138 /33230
Elevation	4–74 m (13–243 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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 and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department