Canton of La Motte-du-Caire

Canton de Motte-du-Caire
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Seat La Motte-du-Caire
Communes 13
Government
 • Representative Marcel Clément
2008-2014
Area¹
 • Total 255.99 km2 (98.84 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 2,090
 • Density 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
Cantonal code 04 16
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of La Motte-du-Caire 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 13 communes, which joined the canton of Seyne in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Le Caire 76 04250 04037
Châteaufort 28 04250 04050
Clamensane 131 04250 04057
Claret 249 05110 04058
Curbans 292 05110 04066
Melve 114 04250 04118
La Motte-du-Caire 484 04250 04134
Nibles 42 04250 04137
Sigoyer 75 04200 04207
Thèze 144 04200 04216
Valavoire 27 04250 04228
Valernes 231 04200 04231
Vaumeilh 197 04200 04233

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of La Motte-du-Caire
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population1 3821 5361 5001 6051 8972 090{{{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° 2014-226 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Coordinates: 44°20′40″N 6°01′45″E / 44.34444°N 6.02917°E