Coux-et-Bigaroque

Coux-et-Bigaroque

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Coux-et-Bigaroque

Coordinates: 44°50′05″N 0°58′27″E / 44.8347°N 0.9742°E / 44.8347; 0.9742Coordinates: 44°50′05″N 0°58′27″E / 44.8347°N 0.9742°E / 44.8347; 0.9742
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton Vallée Dordogne
Intercommunality Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Rafalovic
Area1 19.33 km2 (7.46 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 975
  Density 50/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 24142 / 24220
Elevation 45–245 m (148–804 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 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.

Coux-et-Bigaroque (Occitan: Lo Cos e Bigaròca) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Coux-et-Bigaroque-Mouzens.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962 712    
1968 739+3.8%
1975 649−12.2%
1982 720+10.9%
1990 708−1.7%
1999 818+15.5%
2008 975+19.2%

History

In 1825, the former communes of Coux and Bigaroque merged into Coux-et-Bigaroque.

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 21 December 2015 (French)

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