Canton of Laruns

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Former
canton of Laruns
region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
main place Laruns
Establishment date March 4, 1790
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 2,990 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km²
surface 432.07 km²
Communities 8th
INSEE code 6416

The canton of Laruns was 2015 a French constituency in the Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes . André Berdou was the last representative in the General Council of the Département from 2004 to 2015. The canton bordered in the north on the canton Arudy , in the east on the canton Aucun in the arrondissement Argelès-Gazost in the Hautes-Pyrénées department , Occitania region , in the south on Spain with the autonomous region of Aragónand in the west to the canton of Accous .

history

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the departments as part of what was then the "District of Oloron". With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the arrondissement of Oloron.

See also: History of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and History of the Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie .

Communities

The canton consisted of eight municipalities:

local community Population year Area km² Population density Code INSEE Post Code
Aste-Béon 259 (2013) 19.05 14 inhabitants / km² 64069 64260
Béost 223 (2013) 43.5 5 inhabitants / km² 64110 64440
Bielle 432 (2013) 25.37 17 inhabitants / km² 64127 64260
Bilhères 165 (2013) 17.19 10 inhabitants / km² 64128 64260
Eaux-Bonnes 340 (2013) 38.52 9 inhabitants / km² 64204 64440
Gère-Bélesten 207 (2013) 12.82 16 inhabitants / km² 64240 64260
Laruns 1,187 (2013) 248.96 5 inhabitants / km² 64320 64440
Louvie-Soubiron 121 (2013) 26.66 5 inhabitants / km² 64354 64440