Canton of Barcelonnette

The canton of Barcelonnette is an administrative division in southeastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 11 to 16 communes (4 of which merged into the new communes Val-d'Oronaye and Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon):[1]

Barcelonnette
Canton
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-de-Haute-Provence
No. of communes14
SeatBarcelonnette
Area
 • Total1,027.73 km2 (396.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total8,021
 • Density8/km2 (20/sq mi)
INSEE code04 01

Demographics
Historical population of Canton of Barcelonnette
(Source: INSEE)
Year19621968197519821990199920062013
Population4,4534,7665,4025,7176,3186,5096,7618,044[2]
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
  2. borders of 2015


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