Canton of Laruns
Former canton of Laruns |
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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 |
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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 |