Canton Asfeld
| Former canton of Asfeld |
|
|---|---|
| region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Rethel |
| main place | Asfeld |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 5,913 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 195.18 km² |
| Communities | 18th |
| INSEE code | 0801 |
The canton of Asfeld was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Rethel , in the department of Ardennes and the region Champagne-Ardenne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Asfeld . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton Asfeld was 19,518 hectares (195.18 km²) and had 5913 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 30 inhabitants per km². It was on average 71 m high.
Communities
The canton consisted of 18 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aire | 220 | 08190 | 08004 |
| Asfeld | 1116 | 08190 | 08024 |
| Avaux | 466 | 08190 | 08039 |
| Balham | 152 | 08190 | 08044 |
| Bergnicourt | 285 | 08300 | 08060 |
| Blanzy-la-Salonnaise | 344 | 08190 | 08070 |
| Brienne-sur-Aisne | 258 | 08190 | 08084 |
| L'Écaille | 275 | 08300 | 08148 |
| Gomont | 326 | 08190 | 08195 |
| Houdilcourt | 133 | 08190 | 08229 |
| Poilcourt-Sydney | 181 | 08190 | 08340 |
| Roizy | 219 | 08190 | 08368 |
| Saint-Germainmont | 842 | 08190 | 08381 |
| Saint-Remy-le-Petit | 42 | 08300 | 08397 |
| Sault-Saint-Remy | 204 | 08190 | 08404 |
| Le Thour | 82 | 08190 | 08451 |
| Vieux-lès-Asfeld | 314 | 08190 | 08473 |
| Villers-devant-le-Thour | 419 | 08190 | 08476 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4872 | 5242 | 4980 | 4947 | 5279 | 5173 | 5913 |