Couëron
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Le port sur la Loire.
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Location within Pays de la Loire region
Couëron
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| Coordinates: 47°12′56″N 1°43′22″W / 47.2156°N 1.7228°WCoordinates: 47°12′56″N 1°43′22″W / 47.2156°N 1.7228°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Nantes |
| Canton | Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc |
| Intercommunality | Nantes Métropole |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Fougerat |
| Area1 | 44.03 km2 (17.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)2 | 18,591 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44047 /44220 |
| Elevation | 0–74 m (0–243 ft) |
| Website | http://www.ville-coueron.fr/ |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Couëron (Breton: Koeron) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is part of the historic French Britanny.
Couëron is one of the 24 communes of the Urban Community of Nantes.
Couëron is located 10 miles (16 km) west of Nantes, on the North bank of the French longest river, the Loire.
The town is bordered by the towns of Sautron and Vigneux-de-Bretagne to the north ; Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc to the west ; Indre to the east ; Le Pellerin and Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau to the south.
It is one of the 19 towns of the agglomeration of Nantes, therefore it is part of the Urban Community of Nantes (8th most populous across France) and the "espace urbain" of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire.
Couëron's public transportation is provided by the TAN. There are four bus lines :
The city is also accessed by a railway station (only regional journey) and a ferry which crosses the Loire so as to join the Pellerin.
The city is divided into two distinct sectors :
The current mayor of Couëron is Jean-Pierre Fougerat (PS) until 2014. The municipal council has been led by a left-wing coalition since 1995. In 2008, it was re-elected with 100% of the vote since there was no opposition.
Couëron's inhabitants massively vote for left parties in presidential and legislative elections. In the 2012 presidential election, François Hollande (PS) received an astonishing 68.83% of the vote in the second round against then-President, Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP).
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