Canton of Nant
Former Canton of Nant |
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region | Midi-Pyrénées |
Department | Aveyron |
Arrondissement | Millau |
main place | Nant |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 3,281 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Population density | 11 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 300.32 km² |
Communities | 6th |
INSEE code | 1221 |
The Canton Nant is a former French canton in the department of Aveyron and the region Midi-Pyrenees . It included six parishes in the arrondissement of Millau ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Nant . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton of Nant was 300.31 km 2 and last had 3281 inhabitants (as of 2012). It was on the middle reaches of the Dourbie and the Causse du Larzac at an average of 646 m , between 421 m in Nant and 1341 m in Sauclières .
Communities
The canton consisted of six municipalities:
local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
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La Cavalerie | 1441 | 12230 | 12063 |
La Couvertoirade | 188 | 12230 | 12082 |
L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac | 280 | 12230 | 12115 |
Nant | 1004 | 12230 | 12168 |
Saint-Jean-du-Bruel | 702 | 12230 | 12231 |
Sauclières | 170 | 12230 | 12260 |