Canton of L'Argentière-la-Bessée
| Canton of L'Argentière-la-Bessée | |
|---|---|
| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Arrondissement | Briançon |
| main place | L'Argentière-la-Bessée |
| Residents | 6,663 (Jan 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 462.84 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 0501 |
 Location of the canton L'Argentière-la-Bessée in the Hautes-Alpes department |
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L'Argentière-la-Bessée is a canton in the Arrondissement Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France . It comprises eight municipalities, the capital is L'Argentière-la-Bessée . The representative in the conseil général des Départements is Raymond Marigne.
Communities
The canton consists of 8 municipalities with a total of 8,996 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 462.84 km 2 :
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champcella | 188 | 30.25 | 6th | 05031 | 05310 |
| Freissinières | 210 | 88.21 | 2 | 05058 | 05310 |
| L'Argentière-la-Bessée | 2,279 | 64.55 | 35 | 05006 | 05120 |
| La Roche-de-Rame | 824 | 40.53 | 20th | 05122 | 05310 |
| Les Vigneaux | 534 | 15.99 | 33 | 05180 | 05120 |
| Puy-Saint-Vincent | 288 | 22.98 | 13 | 05110 | 05290 |
| Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières | 1,130 | 55.52 | 20th | 05151 | 05120 |
| Vallouise-Pelvoux | 1,210 | 144.81 | 8th | 05101 | 05290, 05340 |
| Canton of L'Argentière-la-Bessée | 6,663 | 462.84 | 14th | 0501 | - |
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2017: Merger of Vallouise and Pelvoux → Vallouise-Pelvoux