Canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

Canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Nantua
Centralisateur bureau	Valserhône
Residents	21,850 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	97 inhabitants / km²
surface	225.76 km²
Communities	12
INSEE code	0103
Location of the canton Bellegarde-sur-Valserine in the Ain department

The Canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine is a French constituency in the Ain department in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It comprises twelve municipalities in the Arrondissement of Nantua , and its bureau centralisateur is in Valserhône .

Communities

Since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the following twelve municipalities have belonged to the canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine:

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Billiat	622	13.70	45	01044	01200
Champfromier	729	32.40	23	01081	01410
Chanay	625	18.10	35	01082	01420
Confort	648	11.66	56	01114	01200
Giron	183	9.39	19th	01174	01130
Injoux-Génissiat	1,136	29.61	38	01189	01200
Montanges	344	13.70	25th	01257	01200
Plagne	132	6.20	21st	01298	01130
Saint-Germain-de-Joux	501	11.27	44	01357	01130
Surjoux-Lhopital	131	7.99	16	01215	01420
Valserhône	16,423	62.54	263	01033	01200
Villes	376	9.21	41	01448	01200
Canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine	21,850	225.76	97	0103	-

The canton now has the same layout as the Communauté de communes du Pays Bellegardien, which was founded in 2002 . Before the reorganization, the canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine consisted of the 12 communities Bellegarde-sur-Valserine , Billiat , Champfromier , Châtillon-en-Michaille , Giron , Injoux-Génissiat , Lhôpital , Montanges , Plagne , Saint-Germain-de-Joux , Surjoux and Villes . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​186.34 km ² . His INSEE code (0103) has not changed.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2019:

• Merger of Lhôpital and Surjoux → Surjoux-Lhopital
• Fusion of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine , Châtillon-en-Michaille and Lancrans → Valserhône

Residents

Population development
year	Residents
1962	13,438
1968	15,084
1975	15,992
1982	15,657
1990	16,341
1999	16,788
2006	17,336
2011	18,674

politics

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1973-1979	Marcel Berthet	PCF
1979-2002	Gérard Armand	RPR
2002-2015	Guy Larmanjat	PS
2015–	Myriam Bouvet-Multon Guy Larmanjat	Basement

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-147 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ain published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).
2. ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 published on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior (French).