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Couches
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Couches is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Couches, the arrondissement of Autun, and the Saône-et-Loire department. It serves as the capital of the canton of Couches and is located in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. The municipality borders Dracy-lès-Couches, Dennevy, Saint-Émiland, and Saint-Jean-de-Trézy. Its official name is listed as both Couches and Couches-les-Mines.
The area of the commune is 19.52 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,471 residents and another citing 1,420. Demographic data indicates a male population of 651 and a female population of 700. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 466 meters in one dataset and 384 meters in another. The postal code for the area is 71490.
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Place details
- Locality
- Couches
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,420
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Department
- Saône-et-Loire
- Arrondissement
- Autun
- Canton
- Chagny
- Area
- 19.52 km (7.54 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,213
- Density
- 62.14/km (160.9/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 71149 /71490
- Elevation
- 231–466 m (758–1,529 ft) , (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Couches
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Autun
- Population
- 1213
- Area
- 19.52
- Elevation
- 375
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Couches
- Shares border with
- Saint-Sernin-du-Plain
- Official website
- www.mairie-couches.fr
- Image
- Chateau de couches.JPG
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- Commons category
- Couches (Saône-et-Loire)
- postal code
- 71490
- associated electoral district
- canton of Chagny
- male population
- 651
- female population
- 700
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-85-98-19-20
- fax number
- +33-3-85-98-19-29
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Encyclopedic overview
Couches ( French pronunciation: [kuʃ]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Couches” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.