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- Locality
- Courtenay
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 799
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Isère
- Arrondissement
- La Tour-du-Pin
- Canton
- Morestel
- Intercommunality
- Les Balcons du Dauphiné
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Stéphane Lefevre
- Area
- 32.08 km (12.39 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,277
- Density
- 39.81/km (103.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 38135 /38510
- Elevation
- 219–375 m (719–1,230 ft) , (avg. 352 m or 1,155 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Courtenay
- Population
- 1277
- Area
- 32.08
- Elevation
- 286
- Official website
- www.courtenay38.fr
- Image
- Church, Courtenay.jpg
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- Commons category
- Courtenay (Isère)
- postal code
- 38510
- male population
- 663
- female population
- 613
- P8168
- Figueiredo de Alva
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-74-80-82-47
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Travel guide
Understand
thumb|Courtenay and District Museum From its inception, Courtenay's economy relied heavily on the extraction of natural resources, like coal, logging, fishing, and agriculture. Over the years as this natural resource extraction decreased, Courtenay has focused its economic growth on supplying services to the large retiree community and the military families at CFB Comox, which is the largest employer in the Valley, supplying approximately 1,400 jobs. Tourism has also been steadily increasing.
Get in
The Comox Valley stretches from Fanny Bay to Saratoga Beach and includes the communities of Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland, as well as Denman and Hornby Islands. The Comox Valley is accessible by land, sea or air.
Get around
Throughout the Comox Valley and surrounding areas, local bus and 24-hour taxi services are provided.
See
Performing theatre groups include the Rainbow Youth Theatre and the Courtenay Little Theatre.
Do
There are several other festivals in the area and they include the North Island Festival of Performing Arts, Fiddlefest, Comox Valley Highland Games and the Comox Valley Piano Society puts on performances at the Stan Hagen Theatre. Walking trails include:
Go next
Hornby Island - enjoy life on a smaller island, reached by traveling to Denman Island, then taking another ferry to Hornby Island Comox - neighbouring municipality in the Comox Valley Powell River - accessible via ferry across the Georgia Strait on the Sunshine Coast Mt. Washington Alpine Resort - alpine resort with skiing (downhill and cross country), snowboarding, and tubing in the winter and a number of hiking and mountain biking trails in the summer.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
Courtenay ( French pronunciation: [kuʁtənɛ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
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