Briançon Canton-1

Briançon Canton-1
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Briançon
main place	Briançon
Residents	8,996 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Communities	10
INSEE code	0502
Location of the canton of Briançon-1 in the Hautes-Alpes department

The canton of Briançon-1 is a French administrative unit in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It includes part of the city of Briançon and nine other parishes in the Briançon arrondissement . Due to the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was newly created in 2015 with Briançon as the main town (French:  bureau centralisateur ).

Communities

The canton consists of 10 municipalities or parts of the municipality with a total of 8,996 inhabitants (as of 2017):

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Briançon	11,625	28.07	414	05023	05100
Cervières	188	109.68	2	05027	05100
La Grave	482	126.91	4th	05063	05320
La Salle-les-Alpes	982	35.42	28	05161	05240
Le Monetier-les-Bains	1,056	97.87	11	05079	05220
Puy-Saint-André	462	15.37	30th	05107	05100
Puy-Saint-Pierre	538	7.74	70	05109	05100
Saint-Chaffrey	1,604	25.88	62	05133	05330
Villar-d'Arêne	311	77.51	4th	05181	05480
Villar-Saint-Pancrace	1,472	42.53	35	05183	05100
Briançon Canton-1	8,996	-	-	0502	-

politics

Representative in the Department Council
Term of office	Names	Political party
2015–	Marine Michel Arnaud Murgia	UMP

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).