Coulaures

Coulaures ; Coulòures
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Isle-Loue-Auvézère
Community association	Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord
Coordinates	45 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 59 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 59 ′ E
height	117-275 m
surface	28.87 km 2
Residents	733 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	24420
INSEE code	24137
Website	http://www.mairiecoulaures.fr/
	; Coulaures

Coulaures ( Occitan Coulòures ) is a French municipality with 733 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the north of the department Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Nontron and the canton of Isle-Loue-Auvézère (until 2015: canton of Savignac-les-Églises ).

geography

Coulaures is about ten kilometers east-northeast of Périgueux at the confluence of the Isle and Loue . Coulaures is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Jory-las-Bloux in the north and north-west, Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the north, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil in the east, Tourtoirac in the south-east, and Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans in the South and southeast, Saint-Pantaly-d'Ans in the south and Mayac and Savignac-les-Églises in the west and southwest.

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
822	754	726	696	743	683	733	733
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Saint-Martin church from the 12th century, renovations from the 15th century, historic monument since 1948
protestant church
Notre-Dame du Pont chapel from the 13th century
Conty Castle
Cordeuil Castle
La Cousse castle from the 14th century, alterations from the 18th century, monument historique since 1962
Glane Castle from the 15th century, alterations from the 17th century, monument historique since 1988
La Reille castle from the 16th century, monument historique since 1975
town hall
Pigeon tower in the hamlet of Verdeney

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