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Coustouges
Commune in Occitania, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coustouges (French pronunciation: [kustuʒ] ⓘ; Catalan: Costoja) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Coustougiens (male) or Coustougiennes (female).
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Geography
Localisation
Coustouges is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Coustouges is the second most southerly commune of mainland France, after Lamanère. The village is situated at an altitude of 832 m.
Toponymy
Coustouges was previously recorded with the name Costogia in 936, Custajas or Costogia, and finally Coustouges (end of the 19th century).
History
Coustouges was a dependency of the Abbey of Arles-sur-Tech from 988 until the French Revolution.
Population
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Notable people
- Francesc Sabaté Llopart (1915-1960), anarchist, anti-Francoist maquisard, spent several years in Coustouges
- François Pinault, French entrepreneur, bought a house there in September 2004.
Images
Church of Notre-Dame de l’Aubépine
Tomb of an old family
View of the church from the square
Typical street name plaque in Coustouges
See also
References
External links
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