Canton of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
| Former canton of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge |
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| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac |
| main place | Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 7,976 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 38 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 208.63 km² |
| Communities | 16 |
| INSEE code | 1727 |
 Location of the canton of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge in the Charente-Maritime department |
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The District of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge was 2015 a French canton in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the former region Poitou-Charentes . It included 16 parishes in the arrondissement of Jonzac ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge was 20,863 hectares (208.63 km 2 ) and last had 7,976 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of around 38 inhabitants per km 2 (as of 2012). He was on average at 35 m , between 2 m in Saint-Dizant-du-Gua and 71 m in Clam .
Communities
The canton consisted of 16 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bois | 530 | 17240 | 17050 |
| Champagnolles | 648 | 17240 | 17084 |
| Clam | 418 | 17500 | 17108 |
| Clion | 813 | 17240 | 17111 |
| Givrezac | 68 | 17260 | 17178 |
| Lorignac | 493 | 17240 | 17210 |
| Mosnac | 466 | 17240 | 17250 |
| Plassac | 597 | 17240 | 17279 |
| Saint-Dizant-du-Gua | 533 | 17240 | 17325 |
| Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde | 909 | 17240 | 17328 |
| Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge | 1244 | 17240 | 17331 |
| Saint-Georges-Antignac | 379 | 17240 | 17332 |
| Saint-Germain-du-Seudre | 433 | 17240 | 17342 |
| Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes | 151 | 17240 | 17343 |
| Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin | 208 | 17800 | 17379 |
| Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont | 159 | 17240 | 17402 |