Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire () is a commune in the

Nièvre Nièvre () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. Named after the river Nièvre, it had a population of 204,452 in 2019.department in central

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. The commune was formed in 1973 by the merger of the former communes Cosne-sur-Loire and Cours.INSEE commune file
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Geography

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire lies on the right bank of the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...

at its confluence with the Nohain, about 50 km northwest of

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Cosne-sur-Loire station Cosne-sur-Loire station is the railway station in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. The station is located on the Moret-Lyon railway. The station is served by Intercités (long distance) and TER (local) services operate ...

has rail connections to Nevers, Montargis and Paris. The

A77 autoroute The A77 autoroute is a motorway in central France. The road starts at the hamlet of Rosiers in Seine-et-Marne and finishes to the south of Nevers in Nièvre. It is also known as the ''l'Arbre'' - the motorway of the Tree. It has been designed to ...

(Montargis–Nevers) passes east of the town.

History

Cosne is mentioned in the 3rd-century

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under the name of ''Condate'', but it was not until the

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that it rose into importance as a military post. In the 12th century the bishop of Auxerre and the

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agreed to a division of the supremacy over the town and its territory.

Demographics

As of 2018, the estimated population was 9,741.

Notable buildings

The church of St Aignan is a building of the 12th century, restored in the 16th and 18th centuries. The only portions in the Romanesque style are the

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and the north-west

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. It formerly belonged to a

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priory depending on the abbey of La Charité.

Notable residents

* Roger Marie Bricoux, cellist on the

International relations

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is twinned with: Eden Cinéma

References

External links

Official website

Tourism Office
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