Canton of Roye

Coordinates: 49°42′3″N 2°47′28″E / 49.70083°N 2.79111°E / 49.70083; 2.79111

Canton of Roye
French canton
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Seat	Roye
Communes	33
Government
• Representative	Christine Lefèvre 2004
Area¹
• Total	199.61 km2 (77.07 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	12,914
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Cantonal code	80 38
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.

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.

Composition

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

Population

See also

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

External links

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

Notes

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

v t e Cantons of the Somme department Abbeville-Nord Abbeville-Sud Acheux-en-Amiénois Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher Ailly-sur-Noye Albert Amiens 1st (Ouest) Canton Amiens 2nd (Nord-Ouest) Canton Amiens 3rd (Nord-Est) Canton Amiens 4th (Est) Canton Amiens 5th (Sud-Est) Canton Amiens 6th (Sud) Canton Amiens 7th (Sud-Ouest) Canton Amiens 8th (Nord) Canton Ault Bernaville Boves Bray-sur-Somme Chaulnes Combles Conty Corbie Crécy-en-Ponthieu Domart-en-Ponthieu Doullens Friville-Escarbotin Gamaches Hallencourt Ham Hornoy-le-Bourg Molliens-Dreuil Montdidier Moreuil Moyenneville Nesle Nouvion Oisemont Péronne Picquigny Poix-de-Picardie Roisel Rosières-en-Santerre Roye Rue Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Villers-Bocage