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The Canton of Chalamont was 2015 a French canton in the department of Ain in the region Rhône-Alpes . It comprised eight parishes in the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse ; its main town was Chalamont .
Residents
| Population development
|
| year
|
Residents
|
| 1962 |
3.112
|
| 1968 |
3,374
|
| 1975 |
3,421
|
| 1982 |
3,960
|
| 1990 |
4,294
|
| 1999 |
4,931
|
| 2011 |
6,996
|
Communities
The following communities belonged to the canton:
| local community |
Population year
|
Area km²
|
Population density |
Code INSEE |
Post Code
|
| Chalamont |
2,409 (2013)
|
32.9 |
73 inhabitants / km² |
01074 |
01320
|
| Châtenay |
339 (2013)
|
15.0 |
23 inhabitants / km² |
01090 |
01320
|
| Châtillon-la-Palud |
1,573 (2013)
|
14.0 |
112 inhabitants / km² |
01092 |
01320
|
| Crans |
264 (2013)
|
13.2 |
20 inhabitants / km² |
01129 |
01320
|
| Le Plantay |
527 (2013)
|
20.0 |
26 inhabitants / km² |
01299 |
01330
|
| Saint-Nizier-le-Désert |
894 (2013)
|
25.0 |
36 inhabitants / km² |
01381 |
01320
|
| Versailleux |
375 (2013)
|
18.8 |
20 inhabitants / km² |
01434 |
01330
|
| Villette-sur-Ain |
681 (2013)
|
19.4 |
35 inhabitants / km² |
01449 |
01320
|
politics
| Representative in the conseil général des départements
|
| Term of office
|
Surname
|
Political party
|
| 2001-2008 |
Jean-Pierre Billot |
DVD
|
| 2008-2015 |
Gérard Branchy |
DVG
|
