Canton of Roye

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Coordinates: 49°42′03″N 2°47′28″E / 49.7008333333, 2.791111111

Canton of Roye
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Communes	33
Chief Town	Roye
Cantonal code	80 38
Statistics
Land area¹	199,61 km²
Population
-1999	12,914
-Density	64,70/km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 Composition 3 Population 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Roye in the arrondissement of Montdidier. The altitude varies from 56m (Moyencourt) to 109m (Tilloloy) for an average of 85m.

[edit] Composition

The canton of Roye comprises 33 communes and a total of 12,914 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

Demographic Composition

Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Armancourt	21	80700	80027
Balâtre	54	80700	80053
Beuvraignes	694	80700	80101
Biarre	71	80190	80103
Billancourt	137	80190	80105
Breuil	66	80400	80139
Carrépuis	218	80700	80176
Champien	249	80700	80185
Crémery	68	80700	80223
Cressy-Omencourt	106	80190	80224
Curchy	297	80190	80230
Damery	179	80700	80232
Dancourt-Popincourt	128	80700	80233
L'Échelle-Saint-Aurin	50	80700	80263
Ercheu	704	80400	80279
Étalon	112	80190	80292
Fonches-Fonchette	134	80700	80322
Fresnoy-lès-Roye	266	80700	80359
Goyencourt	89	80700	80383
Gruny	300	80700	80393
Hattencourt	237	80700	80421
Herly	48	80190	80433
Laucourt	193	80700	80467
Liancourt-Fosse	231	80700	80473
Marché-Allouarde	77	80700	80508
Moyencourt	241	80400	80576
Rethonvillers	300	80700	80669
Roiglise	162	80700	80676
Roye	6529	80700	80685
Saint-Mard	193	80700	80708
Tilloloy	388	80700	80759
Verpillières	169	80700	80790
Villers-lès-Roye	203	80700	80803

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
10427	11558	12281	12596	12580	12914
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

• Somme
• Arrondissements of the Somme department
• Cantons of the Somme department
• Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Le canton de Roye on the Insee website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 20th, 2008.