Coubon

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Coubon

(2020–2026) Christelle Valantin^[1]Area

22.73 km² (8.78 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,177 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43078 /43700

Elevation607–948 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.

Coubon (French pronunciation: [kubɔ̃]; Occitan: Cobon) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

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]

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coubon, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE