Canton of Cusset-Nord

Former canton of Cusset-Nord
region	Auvergne
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
main place	Cusset
Establishment date	March 4, 1790
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	13,458 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Communities	4th
INSEE code	0306

The canton of Cusset-Nord was a French canton in the arrondissement of Vichy in the Allier département in the Auvergne region in France until 2015 . The main town was Cusset .

history

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the departments as part of what was then District de Lapalisse . With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the arrondissement of Lapalisse. On August 24, 1941, Vichy was assigned administration of the arrondissement instead of Lapalisse. The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in the dissolution of the canton of Cusset-Nord in March 2015. His penultimate representative in the conseil général des Départements from 1994 to 2013 (also from 1979 to 1985 and 1986 to 1992) was René Bardet ( PCF ). He was followed by Magali Dubreuil ( EELV ).

geography

The canton bordered the canton of Varennes-sur-Allier to the north, the canton of Lapalisse to the east, the canton of Cusset-Sud to the south and the cantons of Vichy-Nord and Escurolles to the west .

Communities

The canton encompassed part of the city of Cusset (the total number of inhabitants is indicated, about 8,900 inhabitants of Cusset lived in the canton) and another three municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Bost	194 (2013)	9.48	20 inhabitants / km²	03033	03300
Creuzier-le-Neuf	1,095 (2013)	10.88	101 inhabitants / km²	03093	03300
Creuzier-le-Vieux	3,313 (2013)	11.38	291 inhabitants / km²	03094	03300
Cusset	13,545 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	03095	03300