Canton of Courçon

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Canton of Courçon
Région Poitou-Charentes
Département Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement La Rochelle
Chief town Courçon
Communes 14
Cantonal code 17 07
Councillor general -
Population 9,121
(1999)
Area 254.53 km²/25,453 ha
Density 35.83/km²

The Canton of Courçon is a canton of the Charente-Maritime département, in France. Its postcodes are 17170 and 17540 for Le Gué-d'Alleré and Nuaillé-d'Aunis.

The lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean, the highest point is at Benon at 56 m, the average or the centre is 12 m. The least populated commune is La Laigne with 275 inhabitants and the most populated commune is Saint-Jean-de-Liversay with 1,697. The second mostly populated commune is Courçon, more than the canton's chief town.

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[edit] Communes of Excideuil

The canton of Excideuil contains 14 communes and has 9,121 inhabitants.

Commune Population INSEE code Postal code Rank
Angliers 364 17540 17009 11th
Benon 514 17170 17041 8th
Courçon 1,097 17170 17127 2nd
Cramchaban 515 17170 17132 7th
Ferrières 362 17170 17158 12th
La Grève-sur-Mignon 361 17170 17182 13th
Le Gué-d'Alleré 514 17540 17186 8th
La Laigne 275 17170 17201 14th
Nuaillé-d'Aunis 632 17540 17267 5th
La Ronde 744 17170 17303 4th
Saint-Cyr-du-Doret 365 17170 17322 10th
Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 1,697 17170 17349 1st
Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis 1,069 17540 17396 3rd
Taugon 612 17170 17439 6th

[edit] Population history

Year Population Density
1962 7,685 -
1968 8,067 -
1975 7,772 -
1982 8,048 - 685 8 067 7 772 8 048 8 277 9 121
1990 8,277 -
1999 9,121 35.83/km²

The population has been steadily growing with the exception between 1968 and the late-1970s.

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The canton of has schools, lyceum or middle schools, gymnasia, churches, banks, parks and squares.

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