Canton of Pouillon

Former Canton of Pouillon
region	Aquitaine
Department	Country
Arrondissement	Dax
main place	Pouillon
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	11,111 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	53 inhabitants / km²
surface	211.57 km²
Communities	11
INSEE code	4018

The canton Pouillon was 2015 a constituency in the district Dax in the Landes department in the region of Aquitaine in France . Yves Lahoun ( PCF ) was the last representative in the General Council of the Department from 2001 to 2015 .

The canton bordered the canton Dax-Sud in the north, the canton Montfort-en-Chalosse in the north-east, the canton Amou in the east, and the cantons Orthez and Salies-de-Béarn in the Pau arrondissement in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the south and in the west to the canton of Peyrehorade .

history

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the départements as part of what was then the "Dax District". With the founding of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the Dax arrondissement.

See also: History Landes and History Arrondissement Dax .

Communities

The canton comprised eleven municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Cagnotte	759 (2013)	14.68	52 inhabitants / km²	40059	40300
Estibeaux	682 (2013)	16.72	41 inhabitants / km²	40095	40290
Gaas	502 (2013)	9.13	55 inhabitants / km²	40101	40350
Habas	1,487 (2013)	18.75	79 inhabitants / km²	40118	40290
Labatut	1,435 (2013)	20.95	68 inhabitants / km²	40132	40300
Mimbasts	1,045 (2013)	20.6	51 inhabitants / km²	40183	40350
Misson	743 (2013)	14.69	51 inhabitants / km²	40186	40290
Mouscardès	237 (2013)	9.14	26 inhabitants / km²	40199	40290
Ossages	490 (2013)	14.31	34 inhabitants / km²	40214	40290
Pouillon	2,987 (2013)	49.74	60 inhabitants / km²	40233	40350
Tilh	806 (2013)	22.86	35 inhabitants / km²	40316	40360