Cours-la-Ville is a former
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Rhône
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department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in eastern
France
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. It is the seat of the commune of
Cours.
History
It was formed in 1974 by the merger of Cours and La Ville. On 1 January 2016, Cours-la-Ville,
Pont-Trambouze
Pont-Trambouze is a former commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.
History
On 1 January 2016, Cours-la-Ville, Pont-Trambouze and Thel merged becoming one commune called Cours.
See also
*Communes of the Rhône department
The fo ...
and
Thel
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merged becoming one commune called
Cours.
International relations
Cours-la-Ville is
twinned with:
*
Winslow Winslow may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England, a market town and civil parish
* Winslow Rural District, Buckinghamshire, a rural district from 1894 to 1974
United States and Canada
* Rural Municipality of Winslo ...
, United Kingdom
See also
*
Communes of the Rhône department
The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis
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References
Former communes of Rhône (department)
Beaujolais (province)
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