Canton of Le Monêtier-les-Bains

Canton du Monêtier-les-Bains
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Briançon
Seat Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Communes 3
Government
 • Representative Alain Fardella
Area¹
 • Total 159.17 km2 (61.46 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 3,554
 • Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 13
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Le Monêtier-les-Bains is a former administrative division in southeastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 3 communes, which joined the new canton of Briançon-1 in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Le Monêtier-les-Bains 1 009 05220 05079
Saint-Chaffrey 1 569 05330 05133
La Salle les Alpes 976 05240 05161

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Le Monêtier-les-Bains
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population2 0812 3382 5703 2663 3923 554
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° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes

Coordinates: 44°58′37″N 6°30′34″E / 44.97694°N 6.50944°E / 44.97694; 6.50944

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