Canton of Turriers

Canton de Turriers
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Forcalquier
Seat Turriers
Communes 7
Government
 • Representative Élie Aguillon
2008-2014
Area¹
 • Total 226.22 km2 (87.34 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 1,033
 • Density 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
Cantonal code 04 28
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Turriers 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 Seyne in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Bayons 198 04250 04023
Bellaffaire 142 04250 04026
Faucon-du-Caire 35 04250 04085
Gigors 41 04250 04093
Piégut 123 05130 04150
Turriers 297 04250 04222
Venterol 197 05130 04234

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Turriers
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population7318367767999091 033{{{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°24′08″N 6°10′11″E / 44.40222°N 6.16972°E