Coulaures
Coulaures Coulòures |
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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 | |
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.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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822 | 754 | 726 | 696 | 743 | 683 | 733 | 733 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- 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