Canton of Châtillon-sur-Loire

Former canton of Châtillon-sur-Loire
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Montargis
main place	Châtillon-sur-Loire
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	7,231 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	33 inhabitants / km²
surface	220.23 km²
Communities	6th
INSEE code	4509

The canton of Châtillon-sur-Loire was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement of Montargis in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire ; its main town was Châtillon-sur-Loire . His representative in the Conseil Régional for the years 2004–2010 was Jacques Girault.

geography

The canton was located in the southeast of the Loiret department. In the north-west it bordered on the canton of Gien , in the north-east on the canton Briare , in the south on the departments of Nièvre and Cher . It was between 126 m in Châtillon-sur-Loire and Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire and 273 m in Pierrefitte-ès-Bois above sea ​​level .

Communities

The canton consisted of six municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Post Code	Code INSEE
Autry-le-Châtel	1004 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	45500	45016
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	1814 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	45630	45029
Cernoy-en-Berry	468 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	45340	45064
Châtillon-sur-Loire	3145 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	45360	45087
Pierrefitte-ès-Bois	290 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	45360	45251
Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire	536 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	45360	45276

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
6061	6091	5932	6114	6598	6966	7101

history

From the French Revolution until 1926, the canton belonged to the dissolved Arrondissement of Gien . After that, it was an administrative unit in the Arrondissement of Montargis until its dissolution in 2015.