Courçon
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Commune of Courçon |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| Canton | Courçon |
| Mayor | Bernard Drappeau (right wing) |
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| Elevation | 1 m–43 m (avg. 25 m) |
| Land area¹ | 19.11 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,097 |
| - Density | 57/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 17127/ 17170 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Courçon is a commune in the canton of Courçon of the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.
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[edit] Geography
Its name origin comes from a small stream named the son"/"çon" of the phrase, the village of "cour le son" which is different from "courçon". The "son"/"çon" has a source of the inaccessability with the fountain. The son/çon constituces for the village's water and a rainy weather.
[edit] Population
| Year | Population | Change | Density | Percent of the canton |
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| 1962 | 945 | - | - | - |
| 1968 | 946 | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 956 | - | - | - |
| 1982 | 991 | - | - | - |
| 1990 | 990 | - | - | - |
| 1999 | 1,097 | - | 57/km² |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- on the l'Institut Géographique National site
- in the INSEE site
- on the Quid site
- Location of in the map of France
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