Canton of Blesle

Former Canton of Blesle
region	Auvergne
Department	Haute Loire
Arrondissement	Brioude
main place	Blesle
Establishment date	March 4, 1790
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	2,006 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	14 inhabitants / km²
surface	147.83 km²
Communities	10
INSEE code	4304

The Canton Blesle was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Brioude in the Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne .

history

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the départements as part of what was then the "Brioude District". With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the arrondissement of Brioude.

See also History of Haute-Loire and History of Arrondissement Brioude .

geography

The canton bordered in the north on the cantons Ardes and Saint-Germain-Lembron in the Arrondissement Issoire in the department Puy-de-Dôme , in the east on the cantons Auzon , Brioude-Nord and Brioude-Sud , in the south on the canton Lavoûte-Chilhac and to the west to the canton of Massiac in the arrondissement of Saint-Flour in the Cantal department .

Communities

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Autrac	74 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43014	43450
Blesle	615 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43033	43450
Chambezon	104 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43050	43450
Espalem	305 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43088	43450
Grenier-Montgon	116 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43103	43450
Léotoing	225 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43121	43410
Lorlanges	345 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43123	43360
Lubilhac	106 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43125	43100
Saint-Etienne-sur-Blesle	52 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43182	43450
Torsiac	72 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	43247	43450