Canton of Orpierre

Canton d'Orpierre
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Seat Orpierre
Communes 7
Government
 • Representative Julie Ravel
2008-2014
Area¹
 • Total 98.93 km2 (38.20 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 957
 • Density 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 15
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Orpierre 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 Serres in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Étoile-Saint-Cyrice 31 05700 05051
Lagrand 268 05300 05069
Nossage-et-Bénévent 8 05700 05094
Orpierre 256 05700 05097
Sainte-Colombe 50 05700 05135
Saléon 69 05300 05159
Trescléoux 275 05700 05172

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Orpierre
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population750885848859947957{{{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°18′50″N 5°41′30″E / 44.31389°N 5.69167°E