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| **Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]** |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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| Basis of Presentation                                                               | Basis of PresentationNature of OperationsCommunityOne Bancorp, (“COB” or the “Company,” also referred to as “us” or “we” and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis), isa bank holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and incorporated in 1984 under the laws of the State of NorthCarolina. Through our ownership of CommunityOne Bank, N.A., or the “Bank,” a national banking association founded in 1907 andheadquartered in Asheboro, North Carolina, we offer a complete line of consumer, mortgage and business banking services, includingloan, deposit, treasury management, online and mobile banking services, as well as wealth management and trust services, toindividual and small and middle market businesses through financial centers located throughout central, southern and western NorthCarolina. Our strategy is to grow the Company organically by focusing on meeting the financial needs of customers in our marketarea by providing a suite of quality financial products and services through local and experienced bankers and lenders located inbranches and loan production offices in our customers’ local market. We also offer the convenience of online and mobile bankingcapabilities. In addition to organic growth, our strategy is to grow through merger and acquisition activity in our markets, shouldattractive opportunities present themselves. We define our market as communities located in North Carolina, as well as adjoiningmarkets in South Carolina and Virginia.On November 22, 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”) with Capital Bank Financial Corp.,a Delaware corporation (“Capital”), under which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the MergerAgreement, COB will merge with and into Capital (“Merger”), with Capital as the surviving corporation in the Merger.Immediately following the Merger, the Bank will merge with and into Capital’s wholly owned bank subsidiary, with Capital’s bank subsidiary surviving the bank merger. The Merger is subject to, among other things, regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions and is currently expected to close in the second quarter of 2016.  Shareholders of both COB and Capital approved the Merger on April 18, 2016.GeneralIn the accompanying consolidated financial statements, prepared without audit, all significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.  Descriptions of the organization and business of COB, accounting policies followed by COB and other relevant information are contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 (the "Form 10-K"), including the Notes to the consolidated financial statements filed as part of that report.  This quarterly report should be read in conjunction with the Form 10-K.In the opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements contain the adjustments, all of which are normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position of COB as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.Use of EstimatesWe have made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP").  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  Material estimates subject to change in the near term include, among other items, the allowance for loan losses (“ALL”), estimated cash flows of purchased impaired loans, the carrying value of other real estate owned ("OREO"), the carrying value of investment securities and the realization of deferred tax assets.ReclassificationCertain reclassifications have been made to the prior period consolidated financial statements to place them on a comparable basis with the current period consolidated financial statements.  These reclassifications have no effect on net income or shareholders' equity as previously reported.Recent Accounting PronouncementsBusiness Combinations - In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (the “FASB”) issued ASU 2015-16, "Business Combinations (Topic 805) - Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement -Period Adjustments."  The amendments in ASU 2015-16 require that an acquirer recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined.  The amendments in ASU 2015-16 require that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. The amendments in ASU 2015-16 also require an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date.  We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new guidance on the consolidated financial statements.Financial Instruments - In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-1, "Financial instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10)," which requires all equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized through net income (other than those accounted for under equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee). The amendments in this ASU also require an entity to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. In addition, the amendments in this ASU eliminate the requirement to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet for public business entities. The amendments in ASU 2016-1 are effective for us for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new guidance on the consolidated financial statements.FASB - From time to time, the FASB issues exposure drafts for proposed statements of financial accounting standards. Such exposure drafts are subject to comment from the public, to revisions by the FASB and to final issuance by the FASB as statements of financial accounting standards. Management considers the effect of the proposed statements on the consolidated financial statements of COB and monitors the status of changes to and proposed effective dates of exposure drafts. Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. |

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