Canton of Pont-d'Ain

Canton of Pont-d'Ain
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Nantua
Centralisateur bureau	Pont d'Ain
Residents	21,969 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	71 inhabitants / km²
surface	308.40 km²
Communities	24
INSEE code	0116
Location of the canton of Pont-d'Ain in the Ain department

The canton of Pont-d'Ain is a French canton in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It comprises 24 municipalities in the Arrondissement of Nantua , its bureau centralisateur is in Pont-d'Ain . As part of the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was significantly changed and expanded in spring 2015.

Communities

Since 2015, the canton has consisted of 24 municipalities with a total of 21,969 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​308.40 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Bolozon	89	4.92	18th	01051	01450
Boyeux-Saint-Jérôme	346	16.94	20th	01056	01640
Ceignes	254	10.01	25th	01067	01430
Cerdon	783	12.30	64	01068	01450
Challes-la-Montagne	194	7.65	25th	01077	01450
Dortan	1,846	18.11	102	01148	01590
Izernore	2,247	20.86	108	01192	01580
Jujurieux	2.156	15.39	140	01199	01640
Labalme	210	8.80	24	01200	01450
Leyssard	152	9.13	17th	01214	01450
Matafelon-Granges	641	21.54	30th	01240	01580
Merignat	130	3.17	41	01242	01450
Neuville-sur-Ain	1,756	19.79	89	01273	01160
Nurieux-Volognat	1,028	19.34	53	01267	01460
Peyriat	157	5.96	26th	01293	01430
Poncin	1,703	19.77	86	01303	01450
Pont d'Ain	2,964	11.22	264	01304	01160
Priay	1,729	15.77	110	01314	01160
Saint-Alban	178	8.08	22nd	01331	01450
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux	1,723	15.33	112	01363	01640
Samognat	653	14.01	47	01392	01580
Serrières-sur-Ain	134	8.18	16	01404	01450
Sonthonnax-la-Montagne	312	14.14	22nd	01410	01580
Varambon	584	7.99	73	01430	01160
Canton of Pont-d'Ain	21,969	308.40	71	0116	-

Until the reorganization, the canton of Pont d'Ain consisted of the 11 municipalities of Certines , Dompierre-sur-Veyle , Druillat , Journans , Neuville-sur-Ain , Pont-d'Ain , Priay , Saint-Martin-du-Mont , Tossiat , La Tranclière and Varambon . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​175.95 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 0125.

Residents

Population development
year	Residents
1962	6,663
1968	7,516
1975	7,892
1982	8,853
1990	9,975
1999	11,265
2006	12,947
2011	13,773

politics

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
2004-2015	Serge Fondraz	-
2015–	Damien Abad Marie-Christine Chapel	UD

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-147 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ain published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).
2. ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 published on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior (French).