Canton of Orpierre

Canton d'Orpierre
—  French canton  —
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Chef-lieu Orpierre
Communes 7
Government
 • Representative Julie Ravel
2008-2014
Area¹
 • Total 98.93 km2 (38.2 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 957
 • Density 9.7/km2 (25.1/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 15
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

The canton of Orpierre is an administrative division in southeastern France. It includes the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Étoile-Saint-Cyrice 31 05700 05051
Lagrand 268 05300 05069
Nossage-et-Bénévent 8 05700 05094
Orpierre 256 05700 05097
Sainte-Colombe 50 05700 05135
Saléon 69 05300 05159
Trescléoux 275 05700 05172

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Orpierre
(Source : INSEE)
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2007 2008
Population 750 885 848 859 947 957 {{{7}}} {{{8}}} {{{9}}}
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also