Canton of La Grave

Canton de Grave
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Briançon
Seat La Grave
Communes 2
Government
 • Representative Xavier Cret
2008-2014
Area¹
 • Total 204.42 km2 (78.93 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 730
 • Density 3.6/km2 (9.2/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 10
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of La Grave 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 2 communes, which joined the new canton of Briançon-1 in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
La Grave 511 05320 05063
Villar-d'Arêne 219 05480 05181

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of La Grave
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population697722668637633730
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: 45°02′49″N 6°18′24″E / 45.04694°N 6.30667°E / 45.04694; 6.30667

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