The canton of Courpière was a French canton in the arrondissement Thiers in the department Puy-de-Dôme and in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes until 2015 ; his main town was Courpière , André Wils was the representative in the General Council of the Département from 1994 to 2015, last re-elected in 2008. The canton was 209.15 km² and had 8,223 inhabitants (1999), which corresponded to a population density of 39 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 576 meters above sea level , between 297 m in Courpière and 1,267 m in Vollore-Montagne .
Communities
| local community |
Population year
|
Area km²
|
Population density |
Post Code |
Code INSEE
|
| Aubusson-d'Auvergne |
242 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63120 |
63015
|
| Augerolles |
861 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63390 |
63016
|
| Courpière |
4322 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63120 |
63125
|
| Olmet |
153 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63880 |
63260
|
| La Renaudie |
120 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63930 |
63298
|
| Sainte-Agathe |
205 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63120 |
63310
|
| Sauviat |
524 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63120 |
63414
|
| Sermentizon |
572 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63120 |
63418
|
| Vollore-Montagne |
304 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63120 |
63468
|
| Vollore-Ville |
763 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63120 |
63469
|
Population development
| 1962
|
1968
|
1975
|
1982
|
1990
|
1999
|
2010
|
| 7,591 |
8,416 |
8,468 |
8,665 |
8,289 |
8.223 |
8,110
|
