Canton of Courçon
| Former canton of Courçon |
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|---|---|
| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| main place | Courcon |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 14,928 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 59 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 254.53 km² |
| Communities | 14th |
| INSEE code | 1707 |
 Location of the canton of Courçon in the Charente-Maritime department |
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The canton of Courçon was a French canton in the Charente-Maritime department and in the then Poitou-Charentes region until 2015 . It comprised 14 parishes in the Arrondissement of La Rochelle ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Courçon . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton of Courçon was 25,453 hectares (254.53 km 2 ) and last had 14,928 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 59 inhabitants per km 2 . It was on average at 12 m , between 0 m in Nuaillé-d'Aunis and 56 m in Benon .
Communities
The canton consisted of 14 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angliers | 1060 | 17540 | 17009 |
| Benon | 1625 | 17170 | 17041 |
| Courcon | 1740 | 17170 | 17127 |
| Cramchaban | 655 | 17170 | 17132 |
| Ferrières | 922 | 17170 | 17158 |
| La Grève-sur-Mignon | 563 | 17170 | 17182 |
| Le Gué-d'Alleré | 928 | 17540 | 17186 |
| La Laigne | 474 | 17170 | 17201 |
| Nuaillé-d'Aunis | 1139 | 17540 | 17267 |
| La Ronde | 1050 | 17170 | 17303 |
| Saint-Cyr-du-Doret | 656 | 17170 | 17322 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay | 2891 | 17170 | 17349 |
| Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis | 1704 | 17540 | 17396 |
| Taugon | 791 | 17170 | 17439 |