Canton of Cozes
| Former canton of Cozes |
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|---|---|
| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Saintes |
| main place | Cozes |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 12,560 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 63 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 200.55 km² |
| Communities | 14th |
| INSEE code | 1708 |
 Location of the canton of Cozes in the Charente-Maritime department |
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The canton of Cozes was a French canton in the Charente-Maritime department and in the then Poitou-Charentes region until 2015 . It included 14 parishes in the Arrondissement of Saintes ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Cozes . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton of Cozes was 20,055 hectares (200.55 km 2 ) and last had 12,560 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of around 63 inhabitants per km 2 . It was an average of 36 m , between 0 m in Arces and 68 m in Floirac .
Communities
The canton consisted of 14 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2015) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arces | 734 | 17120 | 17015 |
| Barzan | 471 | 17120 | 17034 |
| Boutenac-Touvent | 221 | 17120 | 17060 |
| Brie-sous-Mortagne | 232 | 17120 | 17068 |
| Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet | 583 | 17120 | 17098 |
| Cozes | 2130 | 17120 | 17131 |
| Épargnes | 866 | 17120 | 17152 |
| Floirac | 311 | 17120 | 17160 |
| Grézac | 914 | 17120 | 17183 |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde | 3087 | 17132 | 17230 |
| Mortagne-sur-Gironde | 915 | 17120 | 17248 |
| Saint-Romain-sur-Gironde | 69 | 17240 | 17392 |
| Semussac | 2337 | 17120 | 17425 |
| Talmont-sur-Gironde | 105 | 17120 | 17437 |