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Floure

Floure
Coat of arms of Floure
Coat of arms
Floure is located in France
Floure
Floure
Coordinates: 43°11′02″N 2°29′27″E / 43.1839°N 2.4908°E / 43.1839; 2.4908Coordinates: 43°11′02″N 2°29′27″E / 43.1839°N 2.4908°E / 43.1839; 2.4908
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Aude
Arrondissement Carcassonne
Canton Capendu
Intercommunality Piémont d'Alaric
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Philippe Phalip
Area1 4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 361
 • Density 85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 11146 /11800
Elevation 69–384 m (226–1,260 ft)
(avg. 77 m or 253 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.

Floure is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. The journalist and writer Gaston Bonheur (1913–1980) is buried in Floure where he owned the castle.



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