Canton of Montaigut

Former canton of Montaigut
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
main place	Montaigut
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	7,713 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	44 inhabitants / km²
surface	176.20 km²
Communities	10
INSEE code	6326

The Canton Montaigut was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Riom in the Puy-de-Dôme and the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; its main town was Montaigut , and from 2004 to 2015 Pierrette Daffix-Ray (initially PS , now DVG ) was the representative in the General Council of the Département .

The canton was 176.20 km² and had (2006) 8,034 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of 46 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 546 meters above sea ​​level , between 390 m in Lapeyrouse and 743 m in Youx .

history

In 2015 the canton was dissolved and merged into the new canton of Saint-Éloy-les-Mines .

Communities

The canton comprised ten municipalities.

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Post Code	Code INSEE
Ars-les-Favets	231 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63011
Buxières-sous-Montaigut	233 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63062
La Crouzille	276 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63130
Durmignat	201 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63140
Lapeyrouse	560 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63187
Montaigut	1022 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63233
Moureuille	310 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63243
Saint-Éloy-les-Mines	3652 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63338
Virlet	274 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63330	63462
Youx	946 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	63700	63471

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
11,854	12,849	11,330	10,408	9,138	8,297	8,034	7,747