Coutières
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| local community | Les Châteliers | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Parthenay | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 79340 | |
| Former INSEE code | 79105 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://coutieres.com/ | |
Coutières is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Les Châteliers in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). It has 166 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Coutières merged with Chantecorps to form the Commune nouvelle Les Châteliers. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Coutières belonged to the Arrondissement Parthenay and the canton La Gâtine (until 2015: canton Ménigoute )
geography
Coutières is located about 18 kilometers south-southeast of Parthenay and about 33 kilometers northeast of Niort in the Gâtine . The municipality of Coutières was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Chantecorps in the north and west, Vasles in the north and northeast, Ménigoute in the east and Fomperron in the south.
Population development
| year | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 250 | 232 | 202 | 187 | 177 | 138 | 128 | 145 | 173 |
