Courcoury
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saintes | |
| Canton | Thénac | |
| Community association | Saintes | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 43 ′ N , 0 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 2–30 m | |
| surface | 12.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 690 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 55 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17100 | |
| INSEE code | 17128 | |
| Website | www.ville-courcoury.fr | |
Courcoury is a French municipality with 690 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Saintes and the Canton of Thénac (until 2015: Canton Saintes-Est ). The inhabitants are called Courcourois (es) .
geography
Courcoury is about five kilometers southeast of Saintes . The Charente limits the municipality to the north, the Seugne tributary to the west. Courcoury is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chaniers in the north and northeast, Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge in the east and southeast, Montils in the south and southeast, Berneuil in the south and Les Gonds in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 534 | 528 | 471 | 525 | 546 | 571 | 694 | 690 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church with a 17th century baptismal font
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Courcoury
Personalities
- René Guillot (1900–1969), writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 987-988.
Web links
Commons : Courcoury - collection of images, videos and audio files
