Floure
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Floure | |
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 A general view of Floure | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Floure  | |
  Floure  Floure | |
| Coordinates: 43°11′02″N 2°29′27″E / 43.1839°N 2.4908°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| Canton | La Montagne d'Alaric |
| Intercommunality | Carcassonne Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Micheau[1] |
Area 1 | 4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 427 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Floure (French pronunciation: [fluʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: Flora) 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.
