Le Coteau (French pronunciation: [lə kɔto]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Le Coteau | |
|---|---|
Commune | |
 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Coteau  | |
  Le Coteau  Le Coteau | |
| Coordinates: 46°01′41″N 4°05′15″E / 46.0281°N 4.0875°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Loire |
| Arrondissement | Roanne |
| Canton | Le Coteau |
| Intercommunality | Roannais Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sandra Creuzet[1] |
| Area 1 | 4.89 km2 (1.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 6,889 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 42071 /42120 |
| Elevation | 265–317 m (869–1,040 ft) (avg. 278 m or 912 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 on the right bank of the river Loire, opposite the larger town Roanne.
Population
edit
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Twin towns
editLe Coteau is twinned with:
Zwevegem, Belgium, since 1966
Lorsch, Germany, since 1967
Espalion, France, since 1998
Marchamalo, Spain, since 2007
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Coteau, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Coteau.
 | This Loire geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |