Coursan | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Coursan (Aude).svg |
Arrondissement: | Narbonne |
Canton: | Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude |
Insee: | 11106 |
Postal Code: | 11110 |
Mayor: | Edouard Rocher[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Grand Narbonne |
Coordinates: | 43.2325°N 3.0589°W |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 14 |
Area Km2: | 24.61 |
Coursan (in French pronounced as /kuʁsɑ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Corçan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Coursan station has rail connections to Narbonne, Béziers and Montpellier.
It is 7 km from Narbonne on the river Aude. There is a bridge built in the fifteenth century, over which passes the RN9 road. The town has a church from the same period which is in the course of being restored.
Composer Henry Fourès was born in Coursan (17 May 1948)