Canton of La Bâtie-Neuve

Canton de La Bâtie-Neuve
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Seat La Bâtie-Neuve
Communes 8
Government
  Representative Joël Bonnaffoux
2004-2011
Area¹
  Total 116.56 km2 (45.00 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Total 3,704
  Density 32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 05
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of La Bâtie-Neuve is a former administrative division in southeastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Avançon 330 05230 05011
La Bâtie-Neuve 1 687 05230 05017
La Bâtie-Vieille 246 05000 05018
Montgardin 380 05230 05084
Rambaud 279 05000 05113
La Rochette 375 05000 05124
Saint-Étienne-le-Laus 215 05130 05140
Valserres 192 05130 05176

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of La Bâtie-Neuve
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population1 8091 8791 9492 4493 1503 704
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

Coordinates: 44°34′03″N 6°11′47″E / 44.56750°N 6.19639°E / 44.56750; 6.19639

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