Canton of Ambazac

Canton of Ambazac
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Bellac (5 municipalities) Limoges (11 municipalities)
main place	Ambazac
Residents	18,545 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km²
surface	456.27 km²
Communities	16
INSEE code	8702
Location of the canton of Ambazac in the Haute-Vienne department

The Canton Ambazac is a French constituency in the arrondissements Bellac and Limoges in Haute-Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; its main town is Ambazac . Alain Auzemery and Brigitte Lardy (both PS ) have been representatives in the General Council of the Département since 2015 .

The canton of Ambazac is on average 390 meters above sea ​​level , between 223 meters in Saint-Priest-Taurion and 666 meters in Ambazac .

Communities

The canton consists of 16 municipalities with a total of 18,545 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​456.27 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code	Arrondissement
Ambazac	5,667	57.83	98	87002	87240	Limoges
Bersac-sur-Rivalier	631	32.54	19th	87013	87370	Limoges
Bessines-sur-Gartempe	2,836	55.41	51	87014	87250	Bellac
Bonnac-la-Cote	1,701	26.06	65	87020	87270	Limoges
Folles	486	31.18	16	87067	87250	Bellac
Fromental	540	22.65	24	87068	87250	Bellac
Jabreilles-les-Bordes	239	19.05	13	87076	87370	Limoges
La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice	824	15.59	53	87079	87340	Limoges
Laurière	568	20.77	27	87083	87370	Limoges
Les Billanges	288	22.61	13	87016	87340	Limoges
Razès	1,173	24.14	49	87122	87640	Bellac
Saint-Laurent-les-Églises	865	27.37	32	87157	87240	Limoges
Saint-Léger-la-Montagne	348	32.62	11	87159	87340	Limoges
Saint-Pardoux-le-Lac	1,322	23.23	57	87128	87250	Bellac
Saint-Sulpice-Laurière	837	14.31	58	87181	87370	Limoges
Saint-Sylvestre	924	30.91	30th	87183	87240	Limoges
Canton of Ambazac	18,545	456.27	41	8702	-	-

1. ↑ Only the area of ​​the former municipality of Saint-Pardoux , the rest belongs to the canton of Bellac .

Until the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the canton of Ambazac consisted of seven municipalities on an area of ​​209.20 km²: Ambazac (capital), Les Billanges , Bonnac-la-Côte , Rilhac-Rancon , Saint-Laurent-les-Églises , Saint -Priest-Taurion and Saint-Sylvestre .

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2019: Merger of Roussac ( canton Bellac ), Saint-Pardoux and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze (canton Bellac) → Saint-Pardoux-le-Lac