Canton of Boves

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Coordinates: 49°50′46″N 2°23′30″E / 49.8461111111, 2.39166666667

Canton of Boves
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Communes 23
Chief Town Boves
Cantonal code 80 13
Statistics
Land area¹ 184,06 km²
Population
 -1999 19,598
 -Density 106,48/km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².
France


The Canton of Boves is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France.

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[edit] Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Boves in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 21m at Glisy to 137m at Saint-Sauflieu for an average of 73m.

[edit] Composition

The canton of Boves comprises 23 communes and a total of 19,598 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

Demographic Composition
Commune Population Post Code INSEE Code
Blangy-Tronville 553 80440 80107
Boves 2786 80440 80131
Cachy 227 80800 80159
Cottenchy 372 80440 80213
Dommartin 387 80440 80246
Dury 1 141 80480 80261
Estrées-sur-Noye 255 80250 80291
Fouencamps 239 80440 80337
Gentelles 461 80800 80376
Glisy 483 80440 80379
Grattepanche 269 80680 80387
Guyencourt-sur-Noye 201 80250 80403
Hailles 332 80440 80405
Hébécourt 371 80680 80424
Remiencourt 170 80250 80668
Rumigny 567 80680 80690
Sains-en-Amiénois 1 075 80680 80696
Saint-Fuscien 966 80680 80702
Saint-Sauflieu 901 80160 80717
Saleux 2 493 80480 80724
Salouël 4 162 80480 80725
Thézy-Glimont 419 80440 80752
Vers-sur-Selles 768 80480 80791

[edit] Population

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
11018 12703 15271 17988 19370 19598
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting


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