Canton of Montlieu-la-Garde

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Former
canton of Montlieu-la-Garde
region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Jonzac
main place Montlieu-la-Garde
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 6,813 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density 31 inhabitants / km²
surface 218.88 km²
Communities 13
INSEE code 1719

Location of the canton of Montlieu-la-Garde in
the Charente-Maritime department

The canton of Montlieu-la-Garde was 2015 a French constituency in the Charente-Maritime and in the former region Poitou-Charentes . It included 13 parishes in the arrondissement of Jonzac ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Montlieu-la-Garde . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.

The canton of Montlieu-la-Garde was 21,888 hectares (218.88 km 2 ) and last had 6,813 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of around 31 inhabitants per km 2 (as of 2012). It was on average at 98  m , between 39  m in Bussac-Forêt and 154  m in Chevanceaux .

Communities

The canton consisted of 13 municipalities:

 local community   Population 
(as of 2017)
 Code postal   Code Insee 
Bedenac 686 17210 17038
Bussac-Forêt 1034 17210 17074
Chatenet 222 17210 17095
Chepniers 646 17210 17099
Chevanceaux 1044 17210 17104
Mérignac 224 17210 17229
Montlieu-la-Garde 1264 17210 17243
Orignolles 676 17210 17269
Le pin 80 17210 17276
Polignac 170 17210 17281
Pouillac 249 17210 17287
Sainte-Colombe 109 17210 17319
Saint-Palais-de-Negrignac 738 17210 17378