Coutras
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Libourne | |
| Canton | Le Nord-Libournais (main town) | |
| Community association | Libournais | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 8 ′ W | |
| height | 4–74 m | |
| surface | 33.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,606 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 255 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33230 | |
| INSEE code | 33138 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-coutras33.fr/ | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Coutras is a French municipality with 8606 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine at the confluence of the Isle and the Dronne . It is one of the member communities of the Communauté de Communes du Pays de Coutras .
history
Finds show that the area was settled in prehistoric times.
In the 16th century the city was a center of French Protestantism . A battle took place here in 1587 between Protestants under the later Henry IV and a Catholic army under Anne de Joyeuse , who was killed in these battles.
During the French Revolution , Coutras became the capital of the former canton of the same name . Since the cantonal reform in 2015, the municipality has been the capital of the newly created canton of North Libournais , to which 26 municipalities belong in addition to the previous 12 municipalities of the former canton.
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 | 2017 |
| Residents | 5712 | 5830 | 6040 | 6351 | 6689 | 7003 | 8045 | 8606 |
Attractions
There are remains of a Gallo-Roman villa and a military camp from this period.
Also worth seeing is the Gothic church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, which was rebuilt in the 15th century , but its choir dates from the Romanesque period and has a crossing dome .
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Coutras
Community partnerships
Coutras is related to the German municipality of Dornstadt in Baden-Württemberg and to the municipality of Blaenavon in Wales .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 616–620.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustration by Frans Hogenberg from 1587: ( digitized version )
- ↑ Coutras on the Insee website