Coutouvre

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Coutouvre

(2020–2026) Laurence Boyer^[1]Area

21.87 km² (8.44 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,074 • Density49/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42074 /42460

Elevation303–538 m (994–1,765 ft)
(avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coutouvre (French pronunciation: [kutuvʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	892	—
1975	1,011	+1.81%
1982	1,084	+1.00%
1990	1,052	−0.37%
1999	1,024	−0.30%
2009	1,105	+0.76%
2014	1,107	+0.04%
2020	1,075	−0.49%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE