Coubon

Coubon (French pronunciation: [kubɔ̃]; Occitan: Cobon) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Coubon
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Coubon
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Coordinates: 44°59′52″N 3°55′07″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Le Puy-en-Velay-4
Intercommunality	CA du Puy-en-Velay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christelle Valantin[1]
Area 1	22.73 km2 (8.78 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,137
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43078 /43700
Elevation	607–948 m (1,991–3,110 ft) (avg. 630 m or 2,070 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

In 1927 the new commune Arsac-en-Velay was created from part of its territory.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,254 —     1821 2,280 +0.04% 1846 2,400 +0.21% 1872 2,477 +0.12% 1901 2,452 −0.03% 1926 2,247 −0.35% 1946 1,075 −3.62% 1962 1,076 +0.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,115 +0.60% 1975 1,486 +4.19% 1982 2,047 +4.68% 1990 2,562 +2.84% 1999 2,708 +0.62% 2007 3,048 +1.49% 2012 3,075 +0.18% 2017 3,243 +1.07%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department