Canton of Montendre
| Former canton of Montendre |
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|---|---|
| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac |
| main place | Montendre |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 6,796 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 144.90 km² |
| Communities | 15th |
| INSEE code | 1717 |
 Location of the canton of Montendre in the Charente-Maritime department |
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The canton Montendre was 2015 a French canton in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the former region Poitou-Charentes . It included 15 parishes in the arrondissement of Jonzac ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Montendre . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton of Montendre was 14,490 hectares (144.90 km 2 ) and last had 6,796 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of 47 inhabitants per km 2 (as of 2012). It was on average at 85 m , between 23 m in Chamouillac and 125 m in Jussas .
Communities
The canton consisted of 15 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bran | 130 | 17210 | 17061 |
| Chamouillac | 374 | 17130 | 17081 |
| Chartuzac | 151 | 17130 | 17092 |
| Corignac | 360 | 17130 | 17118 |
| Coux | 456 | 17130 | 17130 |
| Expiremont | 127 | 17130 | 17156 |
| Jussas | 150 | 17130 | 17199 |
| Messac | 105 | 17130 | 17231 |
| Montendre | 3242 | 17130 | 17240 |
| Pommiers moulons | 207 | 17130 | 17282 |
| Rouffignac | 422 | 17130 | 17305 |
| Souméras | 363 | 17130 | 17432 |
| Sousmoulins | 219 | 17130 | 17433 |
| Tugéras-Saint-Maurice | 376 | 17130 | 17454 |
| Vanzac | 148 | 17500 | 17458 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6394 | 6866 | 6626 | 6492 | 6185 | 6152 | 6452 | 6769 |