Canton of Pont-de-Vaux

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Former
canton of Pont-de-Vaux
region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse
main place Pont-de-Vaux
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 9,992 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density 69 inhabitants / km²
surface 145.15 km²
Communities 12
INSEE code 0126

The canton of Pont-de-Vaux was 2015 a French canton in the department of Ain in the region Rhône-Alpes . It comprised twelve parishes in the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse , its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Pont-de-Vaux .

Residents

Population development
year Residents
1962 6,812
1968 7.202
1975 6,990
1982 7,066
1990 7,286
1999 7,625
2006 8,843
2011 9,829

Communities

The following communities belonged to the canton:

local community Population year Area km² Population density Code INSEE Post Code
Arbigny 427 (2013) 17.5 24 inhabitants / km² 01016 01190
Boissey 314 (2013) 9.1 35 inhabitants / km² 01050 01190
Boz 508 (2013) 7.4 69 inhabitants / km² 01057 01190
Chavannes-sur-Reyssouze 732 (2013) 16.6 44 inhabitants / km² 01094 01190
Chevroux 944 (2013) 17.2 55 inhabitants / km² 01102 01190
Gorrevod 829 (2013) 6.9 120 inhabitants / km² 01175 01190
Ozan 649 (2013) 6.6 98 inhabitants / km² 01284 01190
Pont-de-Vaux 2,276 (2013) 7.5 303 inhabitants / km² 01305 01190
Reyssouze 979 (2013) 9.5 103 inhabitants / km² 01323 01190
Saint-Bénigne 1,226 (2013) 16.5 74 inhabitants / km² 01337 01190
Saint-Etienne-sur-Reyssouze 555 (2013) 13.8 40 inhabitants / km² 01352 01190
Sermoyer 675 (2013) 16.7 40 inhabitants / km² 01402 01190

politics

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office Surname Political party
2001-2008 Henri Guillermin RPR
2008-2015 Henri Guillermin UMP