Canton of Saint-Didier-en-Velay

Former canton of Saint-Didier-en-Velay
region	Auvergne
Department	Haute Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
main place	Saint-Didier-en-Velay
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	15,359 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	140 inhabitants / km²
surface	109.47 km²
Communities	7th
INSEE code	4322

The canton of Saint-Didier-en-Velay was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Yssingeaux in the Haute-Loire and in the region of Auvergne ; its main town was Saint-Didier-en-Velay . His representative in the General Council of the Département was Michel Driot ( DVD ) from 1998 to 2015 .

geography

The canton was in the northeast of the Haute-Loire department. In the west it bordered the cantons of Monistrol-sur-Loire and Aurec-sur-Loire , in the north and east on the Loire department , in the southeast on the canton Montfaucon-en-Velay and in the southwest on the canton Sainte-Sigolène . Its area was between 457 m in Saint-Ferréol-d'Auroure and 1008 m in Saint-Romain-Lachalm above sea ​​level .

Communities

The canton consisted of seven municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Pont-Salomon	1,979 (2013)	8.43	235 inhabitants / km²	43153	43330
Saint-Didier-en-Velay	3,473 (2013)	25.56	136 inhabitants / km²	43177	43140
Saint-Ferréol-d'Auroure	2,423 (2013)	10.85	223 inhabitants / km²	43184	43330
Saint-Just-Malmont	4,158 (2013)	23.28	179 inhabitants / km²	43205	43240
Saint-Romain-Lachalm	1,072 (2013)	19.02	56 inhabitants / km²	43223	43620
Saint-Victor-Malescours	834 (2013)	14.47	58 inhabitants / km²	43227	43140
La Séauve-sur-Semène	1,457 (2013)	7.86	185 inhabitants / km²	43236	43140

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
9248	9439	9139	10,079	12,046	13,157	14.307	15,189

Web links

• The location of the canton on a map of the Conseil Régional (PDF file; 530 kB)