Coursan
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aude | |
| Arrondissement | Narbonne | |
| Community association | Le Grand Narbonne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 14 ' N , 3 ° 4' E | |
| height | 0-14 m | |
| surface | 24.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,908 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 240 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 11110 | |
| INSEE code | 11106 | |
 The Aude at Coursan |
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Coursan is a French commune with 5,908 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Narbonne and the municipality of Le Grand Narbonne .
geography
Coursan is located on the Aude , seven kilometers northeast of the city center of Narbonne and about 13 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast.
The table-level municipal area comprises a section of the lower Audetal and extends in the north to the border with the Hérault department . The area of the municipality, which is traversed by numerous irrigation and drainage ditches, is forestless and is determined by viticulture.
The old town center on the right bank of the Aude is characterized by narrow streets, south and east of the center the buildings are lighter. To the north of the Aude there are scattered farms and wineries, of which Ricardelle, Pontserme, Coutelle, Auriac du Bosc, Capsol, Prat du Raïs, Le Vié and Lastours are named.
Coursan borders in the north on Montels (point of contact) and Poilhes (point of contact), in the north-east on Nissan-lez-Enserune , in the east on Salles-d'Aude , in the south-east on Vinassan , in the south-west on Narbonne and in the north-west on Cuxac-d ' Aude .
history
The name Coursan appears for the first time in 1048 in the Latin and Occitan records of the local seigneurie who paid tribute to the Viscount of Narbonne . The Rue des infidèles (street of the infidels) in the north-west of the city is believed to date from the time of Islamic expansion, when a strip of territory around Narbonne was held by the Umayyads up to 759 .
Frequent flooding forced the dykes on the Aude to be constantly raised and stabilized. Today the areas of Coursan near the shore are below the Aude level. In addition, numerous weirs and relief channels were built, such as the large floodwater north of Coursan.
On April 14, 1907 there were protests in Coursan against the effects of the drop in wine prices. You were part of the winemaking rebellion in Languedoc .
Population development
With 5908 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Coursan is the sixth largest of the 433 municipalities in the Aude department.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 3212 | 3366 | 3334 | 4021 | 5137 | 5241 | 6121 | 5908 | |
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Attractions
Notre-Dame church
After the bell tower, the church choir is undoubtedly the oldest building in Coursan. Emerging from a smaller church, the Gothic choir vault that is still preserved today dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. It resembles the vault of the former Notre-Dame de Lamourguier abbey church in Narbonne and that of the Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide abbey . The sacristy behind the choir was built in the middle of the 18th century, the nave and side chapels at the end of the 19th century. The church is classified as a monument historique .
Notre-Dame, south side 
Notre-Dame, east side
Economy and Infrastructure
The main occupation in Coursan today is viticulture. The wine cultivated by 205 winemakers around Coursan does not belong to any protected wine-growing region. The joint winery SCV La Cave de Coursan et d'Armissan , founded in 2000, nevertheless produces high-quality single-variety wines, including Chardonnay , Sauvignon , Viognier , Colombard , Merlot , Cabernet Sauvignon , Cabernet Franc and Pinot . Another 25 farms are located in the community (cultivation of grain, vegetables and fruit, horse breeding).
Coursan is the location of a gendarmerie brigade , two elementary schools ( écoles primaires ) and a college .
The trunk road from Béziers to Narbonne , which runs parallel to the A9 autoroute, runs through Coursan and crosses the Aude in Coursan on a stone arch bridge built by Henri Gautier and completed in 1690. The Coursan train station on the western edge of the town center is on the railway line from Bordeaux via Narbonne to Sète .
Personalities
- Henry Fourès , born in Coursan in 1948, French composer, musician and music historian
supporting documents
- ↑ Naissance de Coursan. (pdf; 757 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 19, 2014 ; Retrieved October 29, 2011 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Coursan on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Coursan on insee.fr
- ↑ L'église on www.coursan.fr. (pdf; 498 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 13, 2014 ; Retrieved October 29, 2011 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée , a database of the French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved October 29, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Farms and winemakers on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
