Canton of Saint-Martin-en-Bresse
| Former  canton of Saint-Martin-en-Bresse  | 
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|---|---|
| region | Burgundy | 
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | 
| Arrondissement | Chalon-sur-Saône | 
| main place | Saint-Martin-en-Bresse | 
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 | 
| Residents | 5,679 (Jan 1, 2012) | 
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km² | 
| surface | 122.91 km² | 
| Communities | 9 | 
| INSEE code | 7145 | 
The canton of Saint-Martin-en-Bresse was 2015 a French constituency in the district of Chalon-sur-Saone in Saône-et-Loire and in the region of Burgundy ; its main town was Saint-Martin-en-Bresse . Jean-Luc Voiret ( PS ) was last representative in the General Council of the Département from 2001 to 2015, last re-elected in 2008 . The canton was 122.91 km² and had 4,509 inhabitants (1999), which corresponded to a population density of 37 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 194 meters above sea level , between 173 m in Allériot and 218 m in Guerfand .
Communities
The canton consisted of nine municipalities:
| local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allériot | 1,046 (2013) | 13.46 | 78 inhabitants / km² | 71004 | 71380 | 
| Bey | 795 (2013) | 8.92 | 89 inhabitants / km² | 71033 | 71620 | 
| Damerey | 568 (2013) | 11.62 | 49 inhabitants / km² | 71167 | 71620 | 
| Guerfand | 205 (2013) | 6.44 | 32 inhabitants / km² | 71228 | 71620 | 
| Montcoy | 254 (2013) | 9.06 | 28 inhabitants / km² | 71312 | 71620 | 
| Saint-Didier-en-Bresse | 152 (2013) | 11.29 | 13 inhabitants / km² | 71405 | 71620 | 
| Saint-Martin-en-Bresse | 1,919 (2013) | 34.59 | 55 inhabitants / km² | 71456 | 71620 | 
| Saint-Maurice-en-Rivière | 576 (2013) | 18.57 | 31 inhabitants / km² | 71462 | 71620 | 
| Villegaudin | 207 (2013) | 8.96 | 23 inhabitants / km² | 71577 | 71620 | 
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,008 | 3,232 | 3.151 | 3,805 | 4,328 | 4,509 | 5,363 |