Canton of La Jarrie

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Canton of La Jarrie

Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Communes	14
Chief Town	La Jarrie
Cantonal code	1701
Statistics
Land area¹	143.93 km²
Population
-1999	18,563
-Density	129/km²

¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

The Canton of La Jarrie is a canton of the Charente-Maritime department, in France.

The lowest point is 1 m in the commune of Saint-Vivien, Charente-Maritime, the highest point is Croix-Chapeau at 51 m, the average or the centre is 24 m. The leastly populated commune is Anais with 210, the largest is one of the few in France to have two communes the same population and they are La Jarrie and Sainte-Soulle having 2,653 each.

The canton of La Jarrie contains 14 communes and has 18,563 inhabitants.

Commune	Population	INSEE code	Postal code
Anais	210	17540	17007
Bourgneuf	1 041	17220	17059
Clavette	711	17220	17109
Croix-Chapeau	890	17220	17136
La Jarne	2,054	17220	17193
La Jarrie	2,653	17220	17194
Montroy	538	17220	17245
Saint-Christophe	916	17220	17315
Saint-Médard-d'Aunis	1,253	17220	17373
Saint-Rogatien	1,805	17220	17391
Sainte-Soulle	2,653	17220	17407
Saint-Vivien	851	17220	17413
Salles-sur-Mer	1,611	17220	17420
Vérines	1,377	17540	17466