Canton of Rosans

Canton de Rosans
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Seat Rosans
Communes 9
Government
 • Representative Nicolas Rosin
Area¹
 • Total 189.28 km2 (73.08 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 1,087
 • Density 5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 17
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Rosans 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
Bruis 73 05150 05024
Chanousse 34 05700 05033
Montjay 79 05150 05086
Moydans 53 05150 05091
Ribeyret 114 05150 05117
Rosans 493 05150 05126
Saint-André-de-Rosans 139 05150 05129
Sainte-Marie 48 05150 05150
Sorbiers 54 05150 05169

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Rosans
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population9241 1481 0951 0791 0831 087{{{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°23′33″N 5°28′15″E / 44.39250°N 5.47083°E