Cours, Rhône

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Cours

(2020–2026) Patrice Verchère^[1]Area

33.81 km² (13.05 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,352 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69066 /69470

Elevation407–905 m (1,335–2,969 ft)
(avg. 656 m or 2,152 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cours (French pronunciation: [kuʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Rhône department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Cours-la-Ville is the municipal seat.

History

On 1 January 2016, Cours was created by the merger of Cours-la-Ville, Pont-Trambouze and Thel.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	6,879	—
1975	6,528	−0.75%
1982	6,054	−1.07%
1990	5,487	−1.22%
1999	5,082	−0.85%
2007	4,726	−0.90%
2009	3,916	−8.97%
2012	4,624	+5.70%
2014	2,625	−24.65%
2017	4,449	+19.23%
2020	4,366	−0.63%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté du 18 novembre 2015 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Cours, Journal officiel de la République française, 31 December 2015 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE