Canton of Mézel

Canton de Mézel
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Digne-les-Bains
Seat Mézel
Communes 8
Government
  Representative André Laurens
2011-2014
Area¹
  Total 209.67 km2 (80.95 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Total 1,648
  Density 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Cantonal code 04 15
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Mézel 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 Riez in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Beynes 114 04270 04028
Bras-d'Asse 395 04270 04031
Châteauredon 96 04270 04054
Estoublon 337 04270 04084
Majastres 8 04270 04107
Mézel 536 04270 04121
Saint-Jeannet 38 04270 04181
Saint-Julien-d'Asse 124 04270 04182

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Mézel
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population1 0361 1281 0941 1581 4331 648{{{7}}}{{{8}}}{{{9}}}
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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Coordinates: 43°59′51″N 6°11′48″E / 43.99750°N 6.19667°E