Canton of Châteldon

Former canton of Châteldon
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Thiers
main place	Châteldon
Establishment date	March 4, 1790
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	6,295 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	51 inhabitants / km²
surface	124.38 km²
Communities	6th
INSEE code	6309

The Canton of Châteldon was 2015 a French constituency in the Arrondissement Thiers in the Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Caroline Dalet ( PG ) was the last representative in the General Council of the Department from 2010 to 2015 .

history

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the departments as part of what was then the "District of Thiers". With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the Thiers arrondissement.

See also: History of the Puy-de-Dôme department and History of the Thiers arrondissement

geography

The canton bordered the cantons of Cusset-Sud and Le Mayet-de-Montagne in the Arrondissement Vichy in the Allier département in the north and northwest , the canton Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle in the east, the canton Thiers in the south, and the southwest the canton of Lezoux , to the west to the canton of Maringues and to the north-west to the canton of Randan in the arrondissement of Riom .

Communities

The canton consisted of six municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Châteldon	779 (2013)	28.43	27 inhabitants / km²	63102	63290
Lachaux	298 (2013)	22.27	13 inhabitants / km²	63184	63290
Noalhat	246 (2013)	5.13	48 inhabitants / km²	63253	63290
Paslières	1,567 (2013)	27.77	56 inhabitants / km²	63271	63290
Puy-Guillaume	2,633 (2013)	25.02	105 inhabitants / km²	63291	63290
Ris	782 (2013)	15.76	50 inhabitants / km²	63301	63290