Canton of Messei
Former canton of Messei |
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region | Lower Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
main place | Messei |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 7,750 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Population density | 57 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 135.37 km² |
Communities | 10 |
INSEE code | 6122 |
The Canton Messei was a French administrative unit in the Arrondissement of Argentan , in Orne and the region Basse-Normandie ; its main town was Messei , and Marc Toutain had been a representative in the General Council of the Département since 2008.
The canton was 135.37 km² and had 7,316 inhabitants (1999), which corresponded to a population density of 54 inhabitants per km². It was on average 225 meters above sea level , between 172 m in Dompierre and 345 m in La Coulonche .
Communities
The canton consisted of ten municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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Banvou | 657 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61024 | 61450 |
Bellou-en-Houlme | 1,120 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61040 | 61220 |
Le Châtellier | 425 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61102 | 61450 |
La Coulonche | 517 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61124 | 61220 |
Dompierre | 386 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61146 | 61700 |
Échalou | 372 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61149 | 61440 |
La Ferrière-aux-Étangs | 1,495 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61163 | 61450 |
Messei | 1,943 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61278 | 61440 |
Saint-André-de-Messei | 551 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61362 | 61440 |
Saires-la-Verrerie | 276 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 61459 | 61220 |
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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5861 | 6355 | 6314 | 7258 | 7336 | 7316 | 7514 |