Coutouvre

Coutouvre is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Coutouvre
Commune
Location of Coutouvre
Coutouvre Coutouvre
Coordinates: 46°04′24″N 4°12′45″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Charlieu
Intercommunality	Roannais Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Laurence Boyer
Area ^1	21.87 km^2 (8.44 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,101
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42074 /42460
Elevation	303–538 m (994–1,765 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of Lyon.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,200 —     1806 1,118 −6.8% 1821 1,423 +27.3% 1831 1,702 +19.6% 1841 1,690 −0.7% 1851 1,724 +2.0% 1861 1,881 +9.1% 1872 1,944 +3.3% 1881 1,957 +0.7% 1891 1,701 −13.1% 1901 1,724 +1.4% 1911 1,440 −16.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,308 −9.2% 1931 1,120 −14.4% 1946 940 −16.1% 1954 1,005 +6.9% 1962 909 −9.6% 1968 892 −1.9% 1975 1,011 +13.3% 1982 1,084 +7.2% 1990 1,052 −3.0% 1999 1,024 −2.7% 2004 1,108 +8.2% 2015 1,113 +0.5%

Personalities

Coutouvre was the birthplace of:

• Jeanne-Marie Chavoin (1786-1818), co-founder of the Marist Sisters
• Claude Marie Dubuis (1817-1895), Catholic prelate
• Louis Mercier (1820-1875), translator of Jules Verne

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Associations website
• Notre Dame de Prompt Secours (Ecole de Coutouvre) School website