Canton of Aspres-sur-Buëch

Canton d'Aspres-sur-Buëch
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Seat Aspres-sur-Buëch
Communes 8
Government
 • Representative Jean-Luc Lombard
2008-2014
Area¹
 • Total 232.65 km2 (89.83 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 1,703
 • Density 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 03
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Aspres-sur-Buëch 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 8 communes, which joined the canton of Serres in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Aspremont 238 05140 05008
Aspres-sur-Buëch 762 05140 05010
La Beaume 140 05140 05019
La Faurie 231 05140 05055
La Haute-Beaume 10 05140 05066
Montbrand 64 05140 05080
Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne 108 05140 05146
Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon 150 05140 05154

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Aspres-sur-Buëch
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population1 5291 7401 5681 6341 6481 703{{{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°31′28″N 5°45′01″E / 44.52444°N 5.75028°E