Canton of Bellême
| Former canton of Bellême |
|
|---|---|
| region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| main place | Bellême |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 5,784 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 172.61 km² |
| Communities | 15th |
| INSEE code | 6106 |
The Canton Bellême was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Mortagne-au-Perche , in Orne and the region Basse-Normandie ; his main town was Bellême , and Jean-François de Caffarelli was the last representative in the General Council of the Département from 2004 to 2015. The canton was 172.61 km² and had (1999) 5,927 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of 34 inhabitants per km². It was on average 146 meters above sea level , between 76 m in Saint-Fulgent-des-Ormes and 262 m in Saint-Ouen-de-la-Cour .
Communities
The canton consisted of 15 municipalities:
| local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appenai-sous-Bellême | 260 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61005 | 61130 |
| Bellême | 1,598 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61038 | 61130 |
| La Chapelle-Souëf | 271 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61099 | 61130 |
| Chemilli | 204 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61105 | 61360 |
| Lady-Marie | 175 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61142 | 61130 |
| Le Gué-de-la-Chaîne | 751 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61196 | 61130 |
| Igé | 667 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61207 | 61130 |
| Origny-le-Butin | 99 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61318 | 61130 |
| Origny-le-Roux | 274 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61319 | 61130 |
| Pouvrai | 113 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61336 | 61130 |
| Saint-Fulgent-des-Ormes | 177 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61388 | 61130 |
| Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême | 593 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61426 | 61130 |
| Saint-Ouen-de-la-Cour | 58 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61437 | 61130 |
| Sérigny | 394 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61471 | 61130 |
| Vaunoise | 105 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61498 | 61130 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.176 | 6,641 | 6,471 | 6.225 | 5,915 | 5,927 | 5,803 |