Canton of Thoissey

Canton de Thoissey
French canton
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Seat Thoissey
Communes 12
Government
  Representative André Philippon
2011-2014
Area¹
  Total 120.62 km2 (46.57 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Total 12,005
  Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Cantonal code 01 32
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Thoissey is a former administrative division in eastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 12 communes, which joined the canton of Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Garnerans 565 01140 01167
Genouilleux 399 01090 01169
Guéreins 1 065 01090 01183
Illiat 466 01140 01188
Mogneneins 572 01140 01252
Montceaux 908 01090 01258
Montmerle-sur-Saône 2 830 01090 01263
Peyzieux-sur-Saône 337 01140 01295
Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2 259 01140 01348
Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne 1 179 01140 01351
Thoissey 1 358 01140 01420
Valeins 67 01140 01428

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Thoissey
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population7 2367 8258 1059 34410 66812 005
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

Coordinates: 46°10′25″N 4°48′06″E / 46.17361°N 4.80167°E / 46.17361; 4.80167

References


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