Canton of Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe

Former canton of Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe
region	Lower Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alencon
main place	Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	5,118 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	34 inhabitants / km²
surface	151.89 km²
Communities	15th
INSEE code	6120

The District of Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement of Alençon , in the Orne department and in the region of Basse-Normandie ; its main town was Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe , the representative in the General Council of the Département was Christophe de Ballore from 2001 to 2015 (re-elected in 2008).

The canton was 151.89 km² and had 4,499 inhabitants (1999), which corresponded to a population density of 30 inhabitants per km². It was on average 169 meters above sea ​​level , between 132 m in Hauterive and 224 m in Boitron .

Communities

The canton consisted of 15 municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Aunay-les-Bois	185 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61013	61500
Boitron	340 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61051	61500
Bursard	201 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61068	61500
Coulonges-sur-Sarthe	502 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61126	61170
essay	537 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61156	61500
Hauterive	491 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61202	61250
Laleu	364 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61215	61170
Marchemaisons	151 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61251	61170
Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe	758 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61258	61170
Le Ménil-Broût	172 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61261	61250
Ménil-Erreux	228 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61263	61250
Neuilly-le-Bisson	313 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61304	61250
Saint-Aubin-d'Appenai	383 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61365	61170
Saint-Léger-sur-Sarthe	370 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61415	61170
Les Ventes-de-Bourse	163 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	61499	61170

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
4507	4479	4345	4402	4365	4499	4948