Cours (Deux-Sèvres)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Niort | |
| Canton | Autize-Égray | |
| Community association | Val de Gâtine | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 25 ′ W | |
| height | 63-169 m | |
| surface | 14.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 554 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 79220 | |
| INSEE code | 79104 | |
Cours is a French municipality with 554 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Niort and the canton of Autize-Égray (until 2015: canton of Champdeniers-Saint-Denis ). The inhabitants are called coursois .
location
Cours is about 58 kilometers west-southwest of Poitiers and about 19 kilometers north-northeast of Niort . Cours is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pamplie in the north and north-west, Les Groseilles in the north, La Boissière-en-Gâtine in the north and north-east, Saint-Marc-la-Lande in the north-east, Champdeniers in the east and south-east, Germond-Rouvre in the south, Sainte-Ouenne to the south and south-west and Surin to the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 458 | 398 | 366 | 402 | 405 | 414 | 504 | 541 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
