Cottance

Cottance
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Cottance
Cottance Cottance
Coordinates: 45°47′39″N 4°17′59″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Feurs
Intercommunality	Collines du matin
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques de Lemps
Area 1	13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	745
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42073 /42360
Elevation	403–656 m (1,322–2,152 ft) (avg. 493 m or 1,617 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cottance is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,000 —     1806 1,007 +0.7% 1821 1,174 +16.6% 1831 1,310 +11.6% 1841 1,229 −6.2% 1851 1,318 +7.2% 1861 1,265 −4.0% 1872 1,256 −0.7% 1881 1,218 −3.0% 1891 1,214 −0.3% 1901 1,154 −4.9% 1911 1,037 −10.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 894 −13.8% 1931 813 −9.1% 1946 740 −9.0% 1954 747 +0.9% 1962 716 −4.1% 1968 668 −6.7% 1975 533 −20.2% 1982 499 −6.4% 1990 487 −2.4% 1999 551 +13.1% 2005 601 +9.1% 2015 697 +16.0%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department