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  (2021)[2]	3,177
• 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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coubon, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE