Canton of Meximieux

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Canton de Meximieux
French canton
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Seat Meximieux
Communes 12
Government
  Representative Claude Marcou
2008-2014
Area¹
  Total 176.27 km2 (68.06 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Total 17,275
  Density 98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Cantonal code 01 19
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

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

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Bourg-Saint-Christophe 824 01800 01054
Charnoz-sur-Ain 810 01800 01088
Faramans 592 01800 01156
Joyeux 206 01800 01198
Meximieux 6 840 01800 01244
Le Montellier 221 01800 01260
Pérouges 1 103 01800 01290
Rignieux-le-Franc 839 01800 01325
Saint-Éloi 402 01800 01349
Saint-Jean-de-Niost 1 082 01800 01361
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 1 949 01800 01378
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 2 407 01800 01450

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Meximieux
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population6 2896 8888 57210 78114 70417 275{{{7}}}{{{8}}}{{{9}}}
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

Coordinates: 45°54′19″N 5°11′43″E / 45.90528°N 5.19528°E / 45.90528; 5.19528

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