Canton of Lencloître
| Former canton of Lencloître |
|
|---|---|
| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Châtellerault |
| main place | Lencloître |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 9,328 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 58 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 161.23 km² |
| Communities | 9 |
| INSEE code | 8611 |
The canton of Lencloître was a French constituency in the arrondissement of Châtellerault in the Vienne department and in the Poitou-Charentes region until 2015 ; its main town was Lencloître . His representative in the Conseil Général was last from 1994 to 2015 Henri Colin ( DVD ).
The canton was 161.23 km² and had (1999) 8209 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of 51 inhabitants per km². It was on average 98 meters above sea level , between 58 m in Scorbé-Clairvaux and 171 m in the same municipality.
Communities
The canton comprised nine municipalities:
| local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Post Code | Code INSEE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cernay | 457 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86140 | 86047 |
| Doussay | 663 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86140 | 86096 |
| Lencloître | 2507 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86140 | 86128 |
| Orches | 395 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86230 | 86182 |
| Ouzilly | 902 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86380 | 86184 |
| Saint-Genest-d'Ambière | 1267 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86140 | 86221 |
| Savigny-sous-Faye | 368 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86140 | 86257 |
| Scorbé-Clairvaux | 2311 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86140 | 86258 |
| Sossais | 465 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 86230 | 86265 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,353 | 7,036 | 7,031 | 7,691 | 8,072 | 8,209 | 8,783 |