Coutansouze

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Coutansouze
Coutansouze (France)
Coutansouze
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Vichy
Canton Gannat
Community association Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Coordinates 46 ° 13 '  N , 3 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 13 '  N , 3 ° 1'  E
height 379-671 m
surface 13.42 km 2
Residents 154 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03330
INSEE code
Website http://coutansouze.webnode.fr/

Coutansouze is a central French town and municipality ( commune ) with 154 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Allier department in the north of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Vichy and the canton of Gannat (until 2015 Ébreuil ).

location

Coutansouze is located in the Bourbonnais landscape about 36 kilometers west-northwest of Vichy . Coutansouze is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Louroux-de-Bouble in the north and west, Chirat-l'Église in the northeast, Bellenaves in the east, Lalizolle in the south and Échassières in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 167 179 155 129 103 109 121 131 153
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Coutansouze

  • Saint-Gervais and Saint-Protais Church
  • Le Belon Viaduct, Monument historique
  • La Perrière viaduct
Le Belon Viaduct, photo from 1883

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 296-297.

Web links

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