Canton of Guillestre

Canton of Guillestre
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Briançon
main place	Guillestre
Residents	8,062 (Jan 1, 2017)
Population density	10 inhabitants / km²
surface	831.55 km²
Communities	15th
INSEE code	0510
Location of the canton of Guillestre in the Hautes-Alpes department

The canton of Guillestre is a French administrative unit in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It includes 15 communities in the Arrondissement of Briançon and has its main town (French:  bureau centralisateur ) in Guillestre .

Communities

The canton consists of 15 municipalities with a total of 8062 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​831.55 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Abriès-Ristolas	385	159.31	2	05001	05460
Aiguilles	429	40.16	11	05003	05470
Arvieux	365	72.62	5	05007	05350
Ceillac	292	96.05	3	05026	05600
Château-Ville-Vieille	345	66.90	5	05038	05470
Eygliers	791	30.04	26th	05052	05600
Guillestre	2,344	51.29	46	05065	05600
Molines-en-Queyras	300	53.62	6th	05077	05350
Mont-Dauphin	164	0.58	283	05082	05600
Réotier	200	22.33	9	05116	05600
Risoul	644	30.34	21st	05119	05600
Saint-Clément-sur-Durance	309	25.06	12	05134	05600
Saint-Crépin	733	46.30	16	05136	05600
Saint-Véran	236	44.75	5	05157	05350
Vars	525	92.20	6th	05177	05560
Canton of Guillestre	8,062	831.55	10	0510	-

With the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, the municipalities of the canton Aiguilles, which was closed at the same time, were assigned to the canton Guillestre. This previously consisted of the nine municipalities of Ceillac , Eygliers , Guillestre , Mont-Dauphin , Risoul , Réotier , Saint-Clément-sur-Durance , Saint-Crépin and Vars . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​394.19 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 0511.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2019:

• Fusion of Abriès and Ristolas → Abriès-Ristolas

politics

Representative in the Department Council
Term of office	Names	Political party
2001-2015	Marcel Cannat	DVD
2015–	Marcel Cannat Valérie Garcin	DVD

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).