Coulanges (Allier)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Dompierre-sur-Besbre | |
| Community association | Le Grand Charolais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 29 ′ N , 3 ° 52 ′ E | |
| height | 216-278 m | |
| surface | 23.96 km 2 | |
| Residents | 354 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03470 | |
| INSEE code | 03086 | |
Coulanges is a French municipality with 354 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Moulins and the canton of Dompierre-sur-Besbre . The inhabitants are called Coulangeois .
geography
Coulanges is about 53 kilometers northeast of Vichy and about 50 kilometers east-southeast of Moulins . The Loire limits the municipality to the north. Coulanges is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Agnan in the north, Molinet in the east, Le Pin in the south and south-east, Monétay-sur-Loire in the south and south-west, Saligny-sur-Roudon in the west and Pierrefitte-sur-Loire in the west and north-west .
The canal latéral à la Loire and Route nationale 79 run through the commune .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 512 | 460 | 419 | 329 | 339 | 308 | 307 | 305 | 349 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Coulanges (Allier)
- Saint-Révérien church
- Mortillon Castle from the 15th century
- Ceramic factory, Monument historique
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 199-201.
