Canton of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
| Canton of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue | |
|---|---|
| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Avignon |
| main place | L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue |
| Residents | 33,355 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 274 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 121.53 km² |
| Communities | 5 |
| INSEE code | 8409 |
 Location of the canton L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Vaucluse department |
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The canton L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a French administrative unit of the Vaucluse department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . Its main town is L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and in 2015 it was reduced from nine to five municipalities as part of a nationwide restructuring of the cantons .
Communities
The canton consists of five municipalities with a total of 33,355 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 121.53 km 2 :
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne | 3,311 | 13.48 | 246 | 84036 | 84470 |
| Fontaine-de-Vaucluse | 604 | 7.14 | 85 | 84139 | 84800 |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue | 19,421 | 44.57 | 436 | 84054 | 84800 |
| Le Thor | 9,071 | 35.53 | 255 | 84132 | 84250 |
| Saumane-de-Vaucluse | 948 | 20.81 | 46 | 84124 | 84800 |
| Canton of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue | 33,355 | 121.53 | 274 | 8409 | - |
Until the state-wide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the canton L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue consisted of the following nine municipalities: Cabrières-d'Avignon , Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne , Fontaine-de-Vaucluse , L'Isle-sur-la- Sorgue , Le Thor , Jonquerettes , Lagnes , Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon and Saumane-de-Vaucluse . Its layout corresponded to an area of 159.53 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 8413.