Canton of Pleumartin

Former Canton of Pleumartin
region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Châtellerault
main place	Pleumartin
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	6,744 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	27 inhabitants / km²
surface	252.39 km²
Communities	9
INSEE code	8620

The canton of Pleumartin was a French canton in the arrondissement of Châtellerault in the Vienne department and in the Poitou-Charentes region until 2015 ; its main town was Pleumartin . His representative in the Conseil Régional des Départements was from 2004 to 2012 is Bernard Doury ( DVD ). He was followed by Béatrice Forestier (also DVD).

geography

The canton was in the northeast of the Vienne department. In the west it bordered on the canton of Châtellerault-Ouest , in the northwest on the canton Dangé-Saint-Romain , in the northeast on the Indre department , in the east on the Indre-et-Loire department , in the south on the cantons of Saint-Savin and Chauvigny and to the south and west to the canton of Vouneuil-sur-Vienne . It was on average 56 meters above sea ​​level , between 46 m in Mairé and 144 m in Coussay-les-Bois .

Communities

The canton comprises nine municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Post Code	Code INSEE
Chenevelles	478 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86450	86072
Coussay-les-Bois	948 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86270	86086
Leigné-les-Bois	570 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86450	86125
Lésigny	539 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86270	86129
Mairé	163 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86270	86143
Pleumartin	1223 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86450	86193
La Puye	611 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86260	86202
La Roche-Posay	1543 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86270	86207
Vicq-sur-Gartempe	672 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	86260	86288

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
7,458	7,058	6,514	6.351	6.227	6.215	6,514