Canton of Mesvres

Former canton of Mesvres
region	Burgundy
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Autun
main place	Mesvres
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	3,723 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	14 inhabitants / km²
surface	266.14 km²
Communities	12
INSEE code	7130

The canton of Mesvres was a French constituency in the Arrondissement Autun in the Saône-et-Loire department and in the Burgundy region until 2015 . Its main town was Mesvres . Christian Gillot ( PS ) was the last representative in the General Council of the Department from 1978 to 2015, last re-elected in 2011 . The canton was 266.14 km² and had (1999) 3,854 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of 14 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 346 meters above sea ​​level , between 256 m in La Boulaye and 681 m in Uchon .

Communities

The canton consisted of twelve municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
La Boulaye	105 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71046	71320
Brion	315 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71062	71190
Broye	745 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71063	71190
La Chapelle-sous-Uchon	181 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71096	71190
Charbonnat	255 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71098	71190
Dettey	88 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71172	71190
Laizy	609 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71251	71190
Mesvres	769 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71297	71190
Saint-Eugène	148 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71411	71190
Saint-Nizier-sur-Arroux	128 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71466	71190
La Tagnière	241 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71531	71190
Uchon	105 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	71551	71190

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
3,767	4,244	4.125	4,078	3,933	3,854	3,954