Canton Le Bény-Bocage

Former canton of Le Bény-Bocage
region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
main place	Le Bény-Bocage
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	8,593 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	46 inhabitants / km²
surface	187.28 km²
Communities	20th
INSEE code	1404

The District of Le Bény-Bocage was 2015 a French canton in the department of Calvados and in the former region Basse-Normandie . It included 20 parishes in the Arrondissement Vire ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Le Bény-Bocage . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. Alain Declomesnil was the last representative in the General Council of the Département from 1998 to 2015.

geography

The canton Le Bény-Bocage was 18,728 hectares (187.28 km ² ) and last had 8,593 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 46 inhabitants per km ² (as of 2012). It was on average at 190  m , between 54  m in Bures-les-Monts and 308  m in Saint-Martin-des-Besaces .

Communities

The canton consisted of 20 municipalities:

local community	Population  (as of 2017)	Code postal	Code Insee
Beaulieu	188	14350	14052
Le Bény-Bocage	1,039	14350	14061
Bures-les-Monts	158	14350	14115
Campeaux	583	14350	14129
Carville	342	14350	14139
Etouvy	301	14350	14255
La Ferrière-Harang	318	14350	14264
La Graverie	1,162	14350	14317
Malloué	27	14350	14395
Montamy	100	14260	14440
Mont-Bertrand	236	14350	14441
Montchauvet	378	14350	14443
Le Reculey	267	14350	14532
Saint-Denis-Maisoncelles	98	14350	14573
Sainte-Marie-Laumont	652	14350	14618
Saint-Martin-des-Besaces	1,174	14350	14629
Saint-Martin-Don	260	14350	14632
Saint-Ouen-des-Besaces	394	14350	14636
Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine	366	14350	14655
Le Tourneur	624	14350	14704

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
7913	7396	6763	6763	7030	7488	7979	8511

Coordinates: 48 ° 56 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W