Canton of Lapleau
| Former Canton of Lapleau |
|
|---|---|
| region | Limousin |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Grommet |
| main place | Lapleau |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 1,740 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 9 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 186.11 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 1913 |
The Canton Lapleau was 2015 a French canton in the department of Corrèze and in the former region Limousin . It comprised eight parishes in the arrondissement of Tulle ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Lapleau . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton Lapleau was on average at an altitude of 564 m , between 251 m in Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau and 686 m in Lafage-sur-Sombre .
Communities
The canton consisted of eight municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafage-sur-Sombre | 124 | 19320 | 19097 |
| Lapleau | 381 | 19550 | 19106 |
| Latronche | 134 | 19160 | 19110 |
| Laval-sur-Luzège | 99 | 19550 | 19111 |
| Saint-Hilaire-Foissac | 188 | 19550 | 19208 |
| Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau | 174 | 19320 | 19225 |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Lapleau | 67 | 19160 | 19228 |
| Soursac | 505 | 19550 | 19264 |