Coutouvre

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

Coutouvre
Commune
Location of Coutouvre
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Coordinates: 46°04′24″N 4°12′45″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Charlieu
Intercommunality	Roannais Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurence Boyer[1]
Area 1	21.87 km2 (8.44 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,067
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42074 /42460
Elevation	303–538 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.

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

See also

• Communes of the Loire department