Canton of Chorges

Canton de Chorges
—  French canton  —
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Chef-lieu Chorges
Communes 8
Government
 • Representative Bernard Allard-Latour
Area¹
 • Total 160.66 km2 (62 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 3,683
 • Density 22.9/km2 (59.4/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 07
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

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

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Bréziers 124 05190 05022
Chorges 1 882 05230 05040
Espinasses 587 05190 05050
Prunières 232 05230 05106
Remollon 398 05190 05115
Rochebrune 128 05190 05121
Rousset 176 05190 05127
Théus 156 05190 05171

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Chorges
(Source : INSEE)
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2007 2008
Population 2 144 2 749 2 719 2 898 3 112 3 683 {{{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