Canton of Orcières

Canton d'Orcières
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Seat Orcières
Communes 3
Government
 • Representative Patrick Ricou
2008-2014
Area¹
 • Total 233.98 km2 (90.34 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 1,704
 • Density 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 14
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Orcières 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 canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Champoléon 113 05260 05032
Orcières 810 05170 05096
Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas 781 05260 05145

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Orcières
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population1 3091 5641 7111 8291 8081 704
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°41′07″N 6°19′33″E / 44.68528°N 6.32583°E / 44.68528; 6.32583

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