Canton of Forcalquier

Canton de Forcalquier
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Forcalquier
Seat Forcalquier
Communes 15
Area¹
 • Total 336.36 km2 (129.87 sq mi)
Population (2012)
 • Total 10,630
 • Density 32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Cantonal code 04 06
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Forcalquier is an administrative division in southeastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 10 to 15 communes:[1]

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Forcalquier
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population5 4746 5907 1798 80610 74412 007
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Décret n° 2014-226 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Coordinates: 43°57′36″N 5°46′50″E / 43.96000°N 5.78056°E / 43.96000; 5.78056

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.