Coursan

Coursan
Coursan
Administration
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Coursan
Intercommunality	Narbonnaise
Mayor	Gilbert Pla (PCF) (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–14 m (0–46 ft)
Land area1	24.61 km2 (9.50 sq mi)
Population2	6,124  (2007)
- Density	249 /km2 (640 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	11106/ 11110
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 43°13′57″N 3°03′32″E / 43.2325°N 3.05888888889°E / 43.2325; 3.05888888889

Coursan is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

It is 7 km from Narbonne on the river Aude. In the town is a bridge from the fifteenth century, over which passes the RN9 road. As well, the town has a church from the same period which is in the course of being restored.

Population

Historical population of Coursan

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
1440	1436	1414	1630	1761	1850	2022	2040	2172	2231

1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
2154	2447	2538	2709	3458	3786	3847	3767	3829	3802

1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
3793	4121	4273	4438	3589	3271	3228	3212	3366	3334

1982	1990	1999	2008
4021	5137	5241	6124

See also

• Aude
• Communes of the Aude department
• List of medieval bridges in France

References

• INSEE

External links

• (French) Official site