Canton of Aiguilles

Canton d'Aiguilles
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Briançon
Seat Aiguilles
Communes 7
Government
 • Representative Jean-Claude Catala
Area¹
 • Total 437.36 km2 (168.87 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 2,138
 • Density 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 01
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Aiguilles is a former administrative division in southeastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 7 communes, which joined the canton of Guillestre in 2015.[1] It includes the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Abriès 354 05460 05001
Aiguilles 441 05470 05003
Arvieux 355 05350 05007
Château-Ville-Vieille 321 05350 05038
Molines-en-Queyras 322 05350 05077
Ristolas 78 05460 05120
Saint-Véran 267 05350 05157

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Aiguilles
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population1 6111 6741 6771 9021 9482 138{{{7}}}{{{8}}}{{{9}}}
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Décret n° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes

Coordinates: 44°46′57″N 6°52′11″E / 44.78250°N 6.86972°E