Canton of Burie
| Former canton of Burie |
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|---|---|
| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Saintes |
| main place | Burie |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 7,201 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 58 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 123.56 km² |
| Communities | 10 |
| INSEE code | 1705 |
 Location of the canton of Burie in the Charente-Maritime department |
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The Canton Burie was 2015 a French canton in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the former region Poitou-Charentes . It included ten parishes in the arrondissement of Saintes ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Burie . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton of Burie was 12,356 hectares (123.56 km 2 ) and last had 7,201 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of around 58 inhabitants per km 2 . It was on average at 41 m , between 2 m in Chérac and 66 m in Burie .
Communities
The canton consisted of ten municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burie | 1,279 | 17770 | 17072 |
| Cherac | 1.104 | 17610 | 17100 |
| Dompierre-sur-Charente | 458 | 17610 | 17141 |
| Écoyeux | 1,354 | 17770 | 17147 |
| Migron | 724 | 17770 | 17235 |
| Saint-Bris-des-Bois | 389 | 17770 | 17313 |
| Saint-Césaire | 875 | 17770 | 17314 |
| Saint-Sauvant | 485 | 17610 | 17395 |
| Le Seure | 255 | 17770 | 17426 |
| Villars-les-Bois | 246 | 17770 | 17470 |