Canton of Boëme-Échelle

Canton of Boëme-Échelle
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Centralisateur bureau	Roullet-Saint-Estèphe
Residents	18,072 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	65 inhabitants / km²
surface	275.97 km²
Communities	13
INSEE code	1604
Location of the canton Boëme-Échelle in the Charente department

The Canton Boëme-Échelle is a French constituency in the department of Charente and in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It includes 13 parishes in the Angoulême arrondissement . It was newly created in 2015 when the French cantons were reorganized nationwide. Its name refers to the Boème and Échelle rivers (tributary of the Touvre ).

Communities

The canton consists of 13 municipalities with a total of 18,072 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​275.97 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Bouëx	892	15.64	57	16055	16410
Claix	1,029	14.87	69	16101	16440
Dignac	1,322	27.66	48	16119	16410
Dirac	1,518	29.29	52	16120	16410
Garat	2,055	19.44	106	16146	16410
Mouthiers-sur-Boëme	2,436	34.71	70	16236	16440
Plassac-Rouffiac	401	11.97	34	16263	16250
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe	4,262	41.50	103	16287	16440
Sers	871	14.17	61	16368	16410
Torsac	749	28.55	26th	16382	16410
Vœuil-et-Giget	1,509	8.48	178	16418	16400
Voulgézac	248	13.42	18th	16420	16250
Vouzan	780	16.27	48	16422	16410
Canton of Boëme-Échelle	18,072	275.97	65	1604	-

politics

Representative in the Department Council
Term of office	Names	Political party
2015–	Claude Marie Rochard Jean-Michel Tamagna	Basement

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-195 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente 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).