Courcoué

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Courcoué
Courcoué (France)
Courcoué
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Quinone
Canton Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine
Community association Touraine Val de Vienne
Coordinates 47 ° 2 ′  N , 0 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′  N , 0 ° 24 ′  E
height 59-122 m
surface 15.66 km 2
Residents 255 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 37120
INSEE code

Courcoué Town Hall (Mairie)

Courcoué is a French municipality with 255 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Chinon and the canton of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine (until 2015: canton of Richelieu ).

geography

Courcoué is located about 50 kilometers south-southwest of Tours . Neighboring municipalities of Courcoué are La Tour-Saint-Gelin in the north, Chezelles in the northeast, Verneuil-le-Château in the east, Luzé in the east and southeast, Braslou in the south and Chaveignes in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 370 364 280 284 259 239 248 255
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Denis church
  • Courcoué castle from the 19th century
  • La Mabilière, La Messardière and Preugny mansions
Saint-Denis church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 1140-1141.

Web links

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