Canton of Montmirail (Sarthe)
Former Canton of Montmirail |
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region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Sarthe |
Arrondissement | Mamers |
main place | Montmirail |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 4,000 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Population density | 26 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 152.3 km² |
Communities | 9 |
INSEE code | 7225 |
The Canton Montmirail was 2015 a French constituency in Arrondissement Mamers , in Sarthe and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town was Montmirail . Dominique Le Mèner ( UMP ) was the last representative in the General Council of the Department from 2008 to 2015 .
geography
The canton of Montmirail was on average 174 meters above sea level, between 75 meters in Saint-Maicent and 251 meters in Gréez-sur-Roc. The canton was located in the extreme northeast of the Sarthe department on the border with the Orne department. In the north it also bordered the canton of La Ferté-Bernard. Its eastern border was also the departmental border with the Eure-et-Loir and Loir-et-Cher departments. In the south it bordered the Canton of Vibraye and in the west on the Canton of Tuffé.
Communities
The canton of Montmirail consisted of nine municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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Champrond | 74 (2013) | 5.98 | 12 inhabitants / km² | 72057 | 72320 |
Courgenard | 479 (2013) | 11.32 | 42 inhabitants / km² | 72105 | 72320 |
Gréez-sur-Roc | 354 (2013) | 25.38 | 14 inhabitants / km² | 72144 | 72320 |
Lamnay | 947 (2013) | 22.09 | 43 inhabitants / km² | 72156 | 72320 |
Melleray | 461 (2013) | 25.9 | 18 inhabitants / km² | 72193 | 72320 |
Montmirail | 411 (2013) | 12.53 | 33 inhabitants / km² | 72208 | 72320 |
Saint-Jean-des-Échelles | 255 (2013) | 10.64 | 24 inhabitants / km² | 72292 | 72320 |
Saint-Maixent | 738 (2013) | 22.48 | 33 inhabitants / km² | 72296 | 72320 |
Saint-Ulphace | 244 (2013) | 15.98 | 15 inhabitants / km² | 72322 | 72320 |
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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4806 | 4395 | 3921 | 3460 | 3548 | 3696 | 3957 |