Canton of Bort-les-Orgues

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Former
canton of Bort-les-Orgues
region Limousin
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
main place Bort-les-Orgues
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 4,715 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density 30 inhabitants / km²
surface 155.60 km²
Communities 10
INSEE code 1905

The canton of Bort-les-Orgues was a French canton in the Corrèze department and in the Limousin region until 2015 . It comprised ten parishes in the arrondissement of Ussel ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Bort-les-Orgues .

geography

The canton of Bort-les-Orgues was on average at an altitude of 631  m , between 400  m in Saint-Julien-près-Bort and 853  m in Sarroux .

Communities

The canton consisted of ten municipalities:

 local community   Population 
(as of 2017)
 Code postal   Code Insee 
Bort-les-Orgues 2677 19110 19028
Margerides 305 19200 19128
Monestier-Port-Dieu 103 19110 19142
Confolent-Port-Dieu 40 19200 19167
Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort 192 19200 19190
Saint-Julien-près-Bort 412 19110 19218
Saint-Victour 186 19200 19247
Sarroux 851 19110 19252
Thalamy 97 19200 19266
Veyrières 73 19200 19283