Coussa

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Coussa
Coçan
Coussa (France)
Coussa
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Foix
Canton Val d'Ariège
Community association Pays Foix-Varilhes
Coordinates 43 ° 4 ′  N , 1 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 4 ′  N , 1 ° 41 ′  E
height 312-481 m
surface 7.71 km 2
Residents 265 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09120
INSEE code 09101

Saint-Antoine village church in Coussa

Coussa ( Occitan : Coçan ) is a French commune with 265 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Foix , the municipality association Pays Foix-Varilhes and the canton Val d'Ariège (until 2015: canton Varilhes ). The inhabitants are called Coussanois / Coussanoises .

geography

Coussa is located around 63 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Toulouse in the center of the Ariège department near the small town of Pamiers . The community consists of the village of Coussa and a few individual farms. Large parts of the east of the municipality are forested. The village of Coussa is east of the Crieu River and is on the D30 in terms of traffic. The N20 from Paris to Spain runs west of the municipality.

Coussa is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Pujols in the northeast, Arvigna in the east, Ségura in the southeast, Saint-Félix-de-Rieutord in the southwest, Varilhes in the west and Verniolle in the west and northwest.

history

The community is first mentioned in a papal bull to the Abbey of Saint-Antonin in 1215. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Foix , which was a crown domain of the King of France from 1607 until the French Revolution . The community belonged to the Mirepoix-Pamiers district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Coussa was within the canton of Varilhes from 1793 to 2015 . The parish was from 1801 to 1926 and has been reassigned to the Arrondissement of Pamiers since 1942. Between 1926 and 1942 it was part of the Foix arrondissement.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1876 1911 1921 1926 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 66 193 279 232 188 208 192 154 120 126 149 201 214 239
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Castle tower, the only remnant of the castle
  • Saint-Antoine Church (originally Saint-Sulpice), built from 1896 to 1902
  • Village fountain from 1882
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • a wayside cross on the D30

Web links

Commons : Coussa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen