Canton of Bressuire
| Canton of Bressuire | |
|---|---|
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Bressuire |
| main place | Bressuire |
| Residents | 24,047 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 74 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 324.91 km² |
| Communities | 6th |
| INSEE code | 7902 |
 Location of the canton of Bressuire in the Deux-Sèvres department |
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The Canton Bressuire is a French constituency in the same Arrondissement Bressuire in Deux-Sevres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; its main town is Bressuire . Estelle Gerbaud ( DVD ) has been the representative in the General Council of the Department since 2013 .
Communities
The canton consists of six municipalities with a total of 24,047 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 324.91 km 2 :
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentonnay | 3,185 | 17.01 | 187 | 79013 | 79150 |
| Boismé | 1,200 | 37.80 | 32 | 79038 | 79300 |
| Bressuire | 19,519 | 180.59 | 108 | 79049 | 79300 |
| Chiché | 1,690 | 46.99 | 36 | 79088 | 79350 |
| Faye-l'Abbesse | 1,066 | 23.27 | 46 | 79116 | 79350 |
| Geay | 314 | 19.25 | 16 | 79131 | 79330 |
| Canton of Bressuire | 24,047 | 324.91 | 74 | 7902 | - |
- ↑ Only the area of the former municipality of La Chapelle-Gaudin , the rest belongs to the canton of Mauléon .
Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Bressuire included the four municipalities Boismé , Bressuire , Chiché and Faye-l'Abbesse . Its layout corresponded to an area of 288.65 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 7904.
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2016: Merger of Argenton-les-Vallées (Canton Mauléon) , La Chapelle-Gaudin , La Coudre (Canton Mauléon) , Le Breuil-sous-Argenton (Canton Mauléon) , Moutiers-sous-Argenton (Canton Mauléon) and Ulcot (Canton Mauléon ) → Argentonnay