Canton of Ruelle-sur-Touvre
Former canton of Ruelle-sur-Touvre |
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region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Charente |
Arrondissement | Angoulême |
main place | Ruelle-sur-Touvre |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 19,153 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
Population density | 336 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 56.97 km² |
Communities | 5 |
INSEE code | 1631 |
The canton of Ruelle-sur-Touvre was a French canton in the Charente department and in what was then the Poitou-Charentes region until 2015 . It included five parishes in the Angoulême arrondissement ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Ruelle-sur-Touvre . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton of Ruelle-sur-Touvre was 56.97 km 2 and last had 19,153 inhabitants (as of 2012).
Communities
The canton consisted of five municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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L'Isle-d'Espagnac | 5,291 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16166 | 16340 |
Magnac-sur-Touvre | 3,060 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16199 | 16600 |
Mornac | 2,190 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16232 | 16600 |
Ruelle-sur-Touvre | 7,357 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16291 | 16600 |
Touvre | 1,224 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16385 | 16600 |