Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Nièvre | |
| Arrondissement | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire | |
| Canton | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (main town) | |
| Community association | Loire, Vignobles et Nohain | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 25 ' N , 2 ° 56' E | |
| height | 138-252 m | |
| surface | 53.30 km 2 | |
| Residents | 9,874 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 185 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 58200 | |
| INSEE code | 58086 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-cosnesurloire.fr/ | |
 Bridge over the Loire |
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Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is a French municipality with 9874 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Nièvre in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It is the administrative seat of the Arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire and the capital of the canton of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire . She is a member of the Communauté de communes Loire et Nohain .
The city was formed on January 1, 1973 from the municipalities of Cosne-sur-Loire and Cours and is usually just called Cosne . It lies on the Loire and Nohain , on Route nationale 7 and the Autoroute A77 .
Part of the agricultural area is used for viticulture . The vineyards of the municipality are assigned to the protected designation of origin Coteaux du Giennois .
geography
Since 1861, the municipality has a railway station on the railway line Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache which trains of TER Center-Val de Loire the connection Paris-Bercy - Nevers is operated.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Residents | 9,600 | 10,588 | 12,088 | 12,463 | 12.123 | 11,399 | 11,185 |
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Town twinning
- Bad Ems , Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany), since 1974
- Harpenden , UK , since 1982
- Herentals , Flanders (Belgium), since 1999
Personalities
- Charles Girault (1851–1932), architect of the Petit Palais , was born in Cosne-sur-Loire
- Marthe Mellot (1870–1947), actress, was painted by Toulouse-Lautrec for one of his posters.
- Élodie Frégé (* 1982), French singer (pop)
- Roger Marie Bricoux (1892–1912), musician on the Titanic
- Paul Doumer , French President, lived here from 1921 to 1932.
- Michel Guérard des Lauriers OP, Catholic theologian and bishop, died here
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Nièvre. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-054-X , pp. 336-344.
