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Former
Poncin Canton
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region
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Rhône-Alpes
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Department
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Ain
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Arrondissement
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Nantua
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main place
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Poncin
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| Dissolution date
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March 29, 2015
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Residents
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7,227 (Jan 1, 2012)
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Population density
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67 inhabitants / km²
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surface
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107.43 km²
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Communities
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9
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INSEE code
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0124
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The canton Poncin was 2015 a French canton in the department of Ain in the region Rhône-Alpes . It comprised nine parishes in the Arrondissement of Nantua , its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Poncin .
Residents
| Population development
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| year
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Residents
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| 1962 |
5,017
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| 1968 |
5,299
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| 1975 |
4,914
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| 1982 |
5,070
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| 1990 |
5,538
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| 1999 |
6,041
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| 2006 |
6,751
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| 2011 |
7.152
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Communities
The following communities belonged to the canton
| local community |
Population year
|
Area km²
|
Population density |
Code INSEE |
Post Code
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| Boyeux-Saint-Jérôme |
365 (2013)
|
16.9 |
22 inhabitants / km² |
01056 |
01640
|
| Cerdon |
749 (2013)
|
12.3 |
61 inhabitants / km² |
01068 |
01450
|
| Challes-la-Montagne |
181 (2013)
|
7.7 |
24 inhabitants / km² |
01077 |
01450
|
| Jujurieux |
2,172 (2013)
|
15.4 |
141 inhabitants / km² |
01199 |
01640
|
| Labalme |
206 (2013)
|
8.8 |
23 inhabitants / km² |
01200 |
01450
|
| Merignat |
125 (2013)
|
3.2 |
39 inhabitants / km² |
01242 |
01450
|
| Poncin |
1,686 (2013)
|
19.8 |
85 inhabitants / km² |
01303 |
01450
|
| Saint-Alban |
168 (2013)
|
8.1 |
21 inhabitants / km² |
01331 |
01450
|
| Saint-Jean-le-Vieux |
1,645 (2013)
|
15.2 |
108 inhabitants / km² |
01363 |
01640
|
politics
| Representative in the conseil général des départements
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| Term of office
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Surname
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Political party
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| 2004-2015 |
Jean Chabry |
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