Coutouvre

Coutouvre
Commune
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Charlieu
Intercommunality	Roannais Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurence Boyer
Area1	21.87 km2 (8.44 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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

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 (1870–1951), French poet

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

External links

• Official website
• Associations website
• Notre Dame de Prompt Secours (Ecole de Coutouvre) School website