Canton of Villefranche-sur-Mer

Canton de Villefranche-sur-Mer
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement Nice
Seat Villefranche-sur-Mer
Communes 6
Government
  Representative Xavier Beck
2011-2014 (UMP)
Area¹
  Total 27.24 km2 (10.52 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Total 22,465
  Density 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Cantonal code 06 30
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The Canton of Villefranche-sur-Mer is a French former administrative division, located in the arrondissement of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes département (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région). It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. The communes of the canton joined the canton of Beausoleil.

Communes

The canton of Villefranche-sur-Mer includes the following communes:

History

see Villefranche-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat or Beaulieu-sur-Mer.

Population

Census Records
1882 1926 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
? ? ? 20 949 21 709 22 314 24 255 22 465
As of 1990 does not include doubles

See also

Coordinates: 43°42′18″N 7°18′45″E / 43.70500°N 7.31250°E / 43.70500; 7.31250

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