Canton of Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache
Former canton of Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache |
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region | Picardy |
Department | Aisne |
Arrondissement | Vervins |
main place | Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 6,805 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Population density | 49 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 139.24 km² |
Communities | 9 |
INSEE code | 0223 |
The canton of Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache was a French canton in the Arrondissement Vervins , in the Département Aisne and in the Picardy region until 2015 ; its main town was Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton of Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache was 139.24 km² and had 6,805 inhabitants at the end ( as of 2012 ). This corresponded to a population density of around 49 inhabitants per square kilometer. The canton was at its lowest point, in La Neuville-lès-Dorengt , 124 meters high, and at its highest point, in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache , 229 meters.
Communities
The canton consisted of nine municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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Barzy-en-Thiérache | 314 (2013) | 7.63 | 41 inhabitants / km² | 02050 | 02170 |
Bergues-sur-Sambre | 217 (2013) | 4.41 | 49 inhabitants / km² | 02067 | 02450 |
Boué | 1,277 (2013) | 10.44 | 122 inhabitants / km² | 02103 | 02450 |
Dorengt | 157 (2013) | 10.5 | 15 inhabitants / km² | 02269 | 02450 |
Esquéhéries | 843 (2013) | 16.21 | 52 inhabitants / km² | 02286 | 02170 |
Fesmy-le-Sart | 516 (2013) | 16.06 | 32 inhabitants / km² | 02308 | 02450 |
Leschelle | 285 (2013) | 14.69 | 19 inhabitants / km² | 02419 | 02170 |
La Neuville-lès-Dorengt | 399 (2013) | 10.88 | 37 inhabitants / km² | 02548 | 02450 |
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache | 2,792 (2013) | 48.42 | 58 inhabitants / km² | 02558 | 02170 |
Residents
Population development | |
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year | Residents |
1962 | 7,512 |
1968 | 8,089 |
1975 | 7,875 |
1982 | 7,584 |
1990 | 7.118 |
1999 | 6,814 |
2006 | 6,761 |
2011 | 6,807 |
politics
Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
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Term of office | Surname | Political party |
2004-2015 | Thierry Thomas | PS |