Canton of Pouzauges

Former canton of Pouzauges
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
main place	Pouzauges
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	23,061 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density	72 inhabitants / km²
surface	318.82 km²
Communities	13
INSEE code	8521

The canton Pouzauges was 2015 a French constituency in Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte , in Vendée and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town was Pouzauges . From 2001, Jean-Pierre Lemaire ( MPF , previously DVD ) was the representative in the General Council of the Département .

Communities

The canton of Pouzauges consisted of 13 municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Le Boupère	3,072 (2013)	43.48	71 inhabitants / km²	85031	85510
Les Châtelliers-Châteaumur	716 (2013)	18.13	39 inhabitants / km²	85063	85700
Chavagnes-les-Redoux	813 (2013)	13.34	61 inhabitants / km²	85066	85390
La Flocellière	2,623 (2013)	29.19	90 inhabitants / km²	85090	85700
La Meilleraie-Tillay	1,590 (2013)	20.13	79 inhabitants / km²	85140	85700
Monsireigne	957 (2013)	20.5	47 inhabitants / km²	85145	85110
Montournais	1,703 (2013)	29.14	58 inhabitants / km²	85147	85700
La Pommeraie-sur-Sèvre	1,053 (2013)	15.56	68 inhabitants / km²	85180	85700
Pouzauges	5,536 (2013)	36.65	151 inhabitants / km²	85182	85700
Réaumur	828 (2013)	22.09	37 inhabitants / km²	85187	85700
Saint-Mesmin	1,740 (2013)	26.28	66 inhabitants / km²	85254	85700
Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure	2,024 (2013)	25.76	79 inhabitants / km²	85257	85700
Tallud-Sainte-Gemme	472 (2013)	18.57	25 inhabitants / km²	85287	85390

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
19.305	19,694	20,401	20,992	21,274	20,892	21,883

Web links

• Political map of the Vendée with the canton of Pouzauges (PDF file; 2 MB) ( Memento from August 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )