Canton of Niort-Nord

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Former
canton of Niort-Nord
region Poitou-Charentes
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Niort
main place Niort
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 33,185 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Communities 7th
INSEE code 7920

The canton Niort-Nord was a French constituency in the Arrondissement Niort , in the Deux-Sèvres department and in the Poitou-Charentes region until 2015 ; its main place was Niort . His representative in the Conseil Régional des Départements for the years 2008 to 2010 was Françoise Billy ( PS ). It was followed by Bernard Millet (also PS).

geography

The canton was located in the southeast of the Deux-Sèvres department. In the southwest it bordered on the canton Niort-Ouest , in the west on the Vendée department , in the northwest on the canton Coulonges-sur-l'Autize , in the north on the canton Champdeniers-Saint-Denis , in the east on the canton Saint-Maixent -l'École-1 , in the southeast to the canton Prahecq and in the south to the canton Niort-Est .

Communities

The canton consisted of six municipalities and a few quarters in the north of the city of Niort (around 18,900 inhabitants of the city lived in the canton; the total number of inhabitants is given here):

local community Population year Area km² Population density Post Code Code INSEE
Chauray 6655 (2013) - Inhabitants / km² 79180 79081
Échiré 3269 (2013) - Inhabitants / km² 79410 79109
Niort 57393 (2013) - Inhabitants / km² 79000 79191
Saint-Gelais 1920 (2013) - Inhabitants / km² 79410 79249
Saint-Maxire 1185 (2013) - Inhabitants / km² 79410 79281
Saint-Rémy 1035 (2013) - Inhabitants / km² 79410 79293
Sciecq 615 (2013) - Inhabitants / km² 79000 79308

Population development

1999 2006
28,872 30,629