Audincourt

Audincourt
Commune

Coat of arms
Audincourt

Coordinates: 47°29′01″N 6°50′25″E / 47.4836°N 6.8403°E / 47.4836; 6.8403Coordinates: 47°29′01″N 6°50′25″E / 47.4836°N 6.8403°E / 47.4836; 6.8403
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Montbéliard
Canton Audincourt
Intercommunality Pays de Montbéliard
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Martial Bourquin
Area1 8.76 km2 (3.38 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 14,787
  Density 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 25031 /25400
Elevation 314–417 m (1,030–1,368 ft)

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

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Audincourt is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

History

Audincourt belongs to the County of Montbéliard which became part of France in 1793, during the French Revolutionary Wars. At that time Audincourt was called Adincoürt.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 660    
1800 535−18.9%
1806 734+37.2%
1821 936+27.5%
1831 1,265+35.1%
1836 1,432+13.2%
1841 1,627+13.6%
1846 2,024+24.4%
1851 2,144+5.9%
1856 2,513+17.2%
1861 2,864+14.0%
1866 3,236+13.0%
1872 3,724+15.1%
1876 4,258+14.3%
1881 4,599+8.0%
1886 4,865+5.8%
1891 5,228+7.5%
1896 5,482+4.9%
1901 7,347+34.0%
1906 7,633+3.9%
1911 8,694+13.9%
1921 8,760+0.8%
1926 9,648+10.1%
1931 9,918+2.8%
1936 9,720−2.0%
1946 9,040−7.0%
1954 10,282+13.7%
1962 12,433+20.9%
1968 13,488+8.5%
1975 18,578+37.7%
1982 17,454−6.1%
1990 16,361−6.3%
1999 15,537−5.0%
2008 14,534−6.5%
2012 14,787+1.7%

Economy

An iron foundry was established early in the nineteenth century to refine the ore from the rich mines near Bethoncourt.

Personalities

See also

References

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