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Coursan
Sign in to saveCoursan (; ) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Coursan station has rail connections to Narbonne, Béziers and Montpellier.
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Coursan is a commune in France, situated within the Aude department and the arrondissement of Narbonne. It serves as the capital of the canton of Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude. The town is located in the Occitanie region and shares borders with Cuxac-d'Aude, Narbonne, Salles-d'Aude, and Vinassan. It lies next to the Aude body of water.
The commune has an area of 24.61 square kilometers and a population of 6,121, comprising 2,854 males and 3,054 females. Its postal code is 11110. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 14 meters.
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Place details
- Locality
- Coursan
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,632
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Coursan
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Coursan, Eglise Notre-Dame 1.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The church in Coursan
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Coursan (Aude).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Narbonne
- French commune.canton
- Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude
- French commune.INSEE
- 11106
- French commune.postal code
- 11110
- French commune.mayor
- Edouard Rocher
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Grand Narbonne
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 14
- French commune.area km2
- 24.61
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Coursan
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Narbonne
- Population
- 5737
- Area
- 24.61
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Aude
- Shares border with
- Nissan-lez-Enserune
- Official website
- www.coursan.fr
- Image
- Coursan, Eglise Notre-Dame 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Coursan
- postal code
- 11110
- native label
- Coursan
- associated electoral district
- canton of Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude
- male population
- 2854
- female population
- 3054
- P8168
- Decermilo
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-68-46-61-61
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Population
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- References
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Coursan (; ) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Coursan station has rail connections to Narbonne, Béziers and Montpellier.
It is 7 km from Narbonne on the river Aude. There is a bridge built in the fifteenth century, over which passes the RN9 road. The town has a church from the same period which is in the course of being restored.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coursan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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