Canton of Florac

Canton of Florac
region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Florac
main place	Florac Trois Rivières
Residents	4,858 (Jan 1, 2017)
Population density	10 inhabitants / km²
surface	475.23 km²
Communities	9
INSEE code	4805
Location of the canton of Florac in the Lozère department

The canton of Florac is a French administrative unit in the arrondissement of Florac in the Lozère department in the Occitanie region ; its main town is Florac Trois Rivières .

Communities

The canton consists of 9 municipalities with a total of 4858 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​475.23 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Florac Trois Rivières	2,075	48.39	43	48061	48400
Gatuzières	56	29.40	2	48069	48400
Gorges du Tarn Causses	953	56.88	17th	48146	48210, 48320
Hures-la-Parade	247	88.59	3	48074	48150
Ispagnac	890	53.71	17th	48075	48320
Le Rozier	132	2.03	65	48131	48150
Mas-Saint-Chély	113	56.81	2	48141	48210
Meyrueis	831	104.68	8th	48096	48150
Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers	88	34.74	3	48176	48150
Canton of Florac	4,858	475.23	10	4805	-

1. ↑ Only the area of ​​the former municipalities of Montbrun and Quézac , the rest belongs to the canton of La Canourgue .

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Florac included the nine municipalities of Bédouès , Cocurès , Florac , Ispagnac , La Salle-Prunet , Les Bondons , Rousses , Saint-Laurent-de-Trèves and Vebron . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​293.12 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 4807.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2017: Merger of Montbrun , Quézac and Sainte-Enimie (Canton La Canourgue) → Gorges du Tarn Causses

2016: Merger of Florac and La Salle-Prunet → Florac Trois Rivières

Photo from the canton

Hilltops at Les Bondons