Canton of Briouze
Former canton of Briouze |
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region | Lower Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
main place | Briouze |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 4,614 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Population density | 29 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 160.33 km² |
Communities | 15th |
INSEE code | 6107 |
The Canton Briouze was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement of Argentan , in Orne and the region Basse-Normandie ; its main town was Briouze , and Jean-Pierre Salles was the last representative in the General Council of the Département from 2004 to 2015.
The canton was 160.33 km² and had 4,341 inhabitants (1999), which corresponded to a population density of 27 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 231 meters above sea level , between 157 m in Lougé-sur-Maire and 345 m in Le Ménil-de-Briouze .
Communities
The canton consisted of 15 municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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Briouze | 1,553 (2013) | 17.15 | 91 inhabitants / km² | 61063 | 61220 |
Craménil | 159 (2013) | 8.09 | 20 inhabitants / km² | 61137 | 61220 |
Faverolles | 139 (2013) | 10.57 | 13 inhabitants / km² | 61158 | 61600 |
Le Grais | 228 (2013) | 12.21 | 19 inhabitants / km² | 61195 | 61600 |
La Lande-de-Lougé | 48 (2013) | 4.95 | 10 inhabitants / km² | 61217 | 61210 |
Lignou | 136 (2013) | 7.61 | 18 inhabitants / km² | 61227 | 61220 |
Lougé-sur-Maire | 350 (2013) | 13.58 | 26 inhabitants / km² | 61237 | 61150 |
Le Ménil-de-Briouze | 557 (2013) | 21.39 | 26 inhabitants / km² | 61260 | 61220 |
Montreuil-au-Houlme | 135 (2013) | 7.82 | 17 inhabitants / km² | 61290 | 61210 |
Pointel | 303 (2013) | 7.52 | 40 inhabitants / km² | 61332 | 61220 |
Saint-André-de-Briouze | 196 (2013) | 12.21 | 16 inhabitants / km² | 61361 | 61220 |
Saint-Georges-d'Annebecq | 143 (2013) | 9.35 | 15 inhabitants / km² | 61390 | 61600 |
Saint-Hilaire-de-Briouze | 322 (2013) | 13.63 | 24 inhabitants / km² | 61402 | 61220 |
Sainte-Opportune | 242 (2013) | 8.46 | 29 inhabitants / km² | 61436 | 61100 |
Les Yveteaux | 103 (2013) | 5.79 | 18 inhabitants / km² | 61512 | 61210 |
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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5 369 | 5 277 | 4 806 | 4,574 | 4,380 | 4,341 | 4 630 |