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Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [kon kuʁ syʁ lwaʁ] (listen)) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. The commune was formed in 1973 by the merger of the former communes Cosne-sur-Loire and Cours.[3]

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Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Subprefecture and commune
Bridge over the river Loire in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Coat of arms
Location of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
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Coordinates: 47°24′44″N 2°55′39″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Canton	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Intercommunality	Cœur de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Gillonnier[1]
Area 1	53.30 km2 (20.58 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	9,589
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58086 /58200
Elevation	138–252 m (453–827 ft) (avg. 148 m or 486 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire lies on the right bank of the Loire at its confluence with the Nohain, about 50 km northwest of Nevers.[4] Cosne-sur-Loire station has rail connections to Nevers, Montargis and Paris. The A77 autoroute (Montargis–Nevers) passes east of the town.

History

Cosne is mentioned in the 3rd-century Antonine Itinerary under the name of Condate, but it was not until the Middle Ages that it rose into importance as a military post. In the 12th century the bishop of Auxerre and the Count of Nevers agreed to a division of the supremacy over the town and its territory.[4]

Demographics

As of 2018, the estimated population was 9,741.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	10,588	—
1975	12,088	+1.91%
1982	12,463	+0.44%
1990	12,123	−0.35%
1999	11,399	−0.68%
2007	11,166	−0.26%
2012	10,551	−1.13%
2017	9,874	−1.32%
Source: INSEE[5]

Notable buildings

The church of St Aignan is a building of the 12th century, restored in the 16th and 18th centuries. The only portions in the Romanesque style are the apse and the north-west portal. It formerly belonged to a Benedictine priory depending on the abbey of La Charité.[4]

Notable residents

• Roger Marie Bricoux, cellist on the RMS Titanic

International relations

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is twinned with:

Bad Ems, Germany Harpenden, United Kingdom[6] Herentals, Belgium

See also

• Communes of the Nièvre department

References

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Tourism Office

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (August 2013) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|fr|Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

На других языках

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[de] Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 9589 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Nièvre in der Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Sie ist Verwaltungssitz des Arrondissements Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire und Hauptort des Kantons Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire. Sie ist Mitglied der Communauté de communes Loire et Nohain.

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- [en] Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

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[fr] Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Cosne-sur-Loire [kon syʁ lwaʁ] (nom courant) ou Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire [kon kuʁ syʁ lwaʁ] (nom officiel) est une commune française située dans le département de la Nièvre, en région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

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[ru] Кон-Кур-сюр-Луар

Кон-Кур-сюр-Луар (фр. Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire) — город-коммуна во Франции в историческом регионе Бургундия — Франш-Конте. Расположен на востоке центральной части страны у впадения в Луару реки Ноэн (фр. Nohain). Кон-Кур-сюр-Луар находится в 80 км юго-восточнее Монтаржи и 190 км Парижа, в 55 км северо-западнее административного центра Невера, в 59 км к северо-востоку от Буржа и 115 км — от Мулена.

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