Canton of Le Catelet

Former canton of Le Catelet
region	Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
main place	Le Catelet
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	8,537 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	61 inhabitants / km²
surface	139.26 km²
Communities	18th
INSEE code	0206

The canton of Le Catelet was a French canton in the arrondissement of Saint-Quentin , in the department of Aisne and in the region of Picardy until 2015 ; his chief town was Le Catelet . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.

The canton Le Catelet was 139.26 km² and had 8,537 inhabitants (as of 2012) ; this corresponded to a population density of 61 inhabitants per square kilometer. The canton was at its lowest point, in Vendhuile , 83 meters high, at its highest point, in Levergies , 155 meters.

Residents

Population development
year	Residents
1962	7,384
1968	8.097
1975	8,318
1982	8,389
1990	8,458
1999	8,530
2006	8,404
2011	8,563

Communities

The canton consisted of 18 municipalities:

local community	Residents	Code postal	Code Insee
Aubencheul-aux-Bois	272	2420	02030
Beaurevoir	1,498	2110	02057
Bellenglise	410	2420	02063
Bellicourt	680	2420	02065
Bony	124	2420	02100
Le Catelet	218	2420	02143
Estrées	446	2420	02291
Gouy	649	2420	02352
Hargicourt	559	2420	02370
Lehaucourt	832	2420	02374
Joncourt	324	2420	02392
Lempire	107	2420	02417
Levergies	577	2420	02426
Magny-la-Fosse	141	2420	02451
Nauroy	681	2420	02539
Sequehart	217	2420	02708
Vendhuile	476	2420	02776
Villeret	311	2420	02808

politics

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
2001-2015	Raymond Froment	PCF