Coursan

Coursan
Coat of arms
Coursan
Location within Occitanie region  Coursan
Coordinates: 43°13′57″N 3°03′32″E / 43.2325°N 3.0589°E / 43.2325; 3.0589Coordinates: 43°13′57″N 3°03′32″E / 43.2325°N 3.0589°E / 43.2325; 3.0589
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Coursan
Intercommunality	Narbonnaise
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilbert Pla (PCF)
Area1	24.61 km2 (9.50 sq mi)
Population (2007)2	6,124
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	11106 /11110
Elevation	0–14 m (0–46 ft)
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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coursan is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

It is 7 km from Narbonne on the 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.