Canton of Bruyères

Canton of Bruyères
French canton
Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Vosges
Communes 51
Area¹
  Total 399.27 km2 (154.16 sq mi)
Population (2012)
  Total 20,352
  Density 51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Cantonal code 88 02
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.
Countryside between Bruyères and Fiménil

The Canton of Bruyères is a largely rural French administrative and electoral grouping of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine. The canton has its administrative centre at Bruyères.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 30 to 51 communes:[1]

References

Coordinates: 48°12′38″N 6°43′10″E / 48.21056°N 6.71944°E / 48.21056; 6.71944

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