The Canton Herment was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand in the Puy-de-Dôme and the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; his main town was Herment , the last representative in the General Council of the Département was from 1988 to 2015, last re-elected in 2008, Jean-Claude Fournier. The canton was 127.21 km² and had 1,077 inhabitants (2006), which corresponded to a population density of 8 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 779 meters above sea level , between 654 m in Sauvagnat and 1,012 m in Prondines .
Communities
| local community |
Population year
|
Area km²
|
Population density |
Post Code |
Code INSEE
|
| Herment |
302 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63470 |
63175
|
| Prondines |
266 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63470 |
63289
|
| Saint-Germain-près-Herment |
80 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63470 |
63351
|
| Sauvagnat |
134 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63470 |
63410
|
| Pie besse |
56 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63470 |
63433
|
| Verneugheol |
251 (2013)
|
- |
- Inhabitants / km² |
63470 |
63450
|
Population development
| 1962
|
1968
|
1975
|
1982
|
1990
|
1999
|
2006
|
| 1,789 |
1,935 |
1,774 |
1,515 |
1,379 |
1,211 |
1,077
|
