Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is a commune in the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France. It is a subprefecture of the department.

Geography
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is in the northwest of the department, on the border with the Cher department; it is on the confluence of the Loire and the Nohain rivers at  of Nevers, the subprefecture of the Nièvre department.

The commune of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

+ Distance from Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire to other cities Dijon   Paris  Reims  Strasbourg  Lyon  Marseille  Nice             

+ Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire and its neighboring communes 350px|Map of the commune of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is surrounded by the communes La Celle-sur-Loire, Myennes, Tracy-sur-Loire, Saint-Martin-sur-Nohain, Saint-Loup, Saint-Père and Saint-Vérain; it borders to the west with the Cher department.

Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype Cfb.

Population
The inhabitants of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire are known, in French, as Cosnois (women: Cosnoises).

With a population of 10,553, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire has a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Evolution of the population in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Administration
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is a subprefecture of the Nièvre department since 1800. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire and the administrative centre () of the canton of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire formed by 7 communes, with 14,926 inhabitants (2014).

 Twin towns 
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is twinned with:
  Bad Ems, Germany, since 1974
  Harpenden, United Kingdom, since 1982
  Herentals, Belgium, since 1999

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References

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Nièvre department
 Communes of the Nièvre department

Other websites

 Ville de Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire - official website  
 Office de Tourisme de Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire  

Category:Subprefectures in France
Category:Communes in Nièvre