Canton of Saintes-Nord
Former canton of Saintes-Nord |
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region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Charente-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Saintes |
main place | Saintes |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 16,203 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Communities | 6th |
INSEE code | 1734 |
![]() Location of the canton of Saintes-Nord in the Charente-Maritime department |
The Canton of Saintes-Nord was by 2015 a French canton in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the former region Poitou-Charentes . Its main town ( chef-lieu ) was Saintes in the Arrondissement of Saintes . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. Christophe Dourthe ( PS ) was the last representative in the conseil général des Départements for the years 2001–2015 .
Communities
The canton comprised five municipalities and part of the city of Saintes (the total number of inhabitants is given):
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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Bussac-sur-Charente | 1,314 (2013) | 9.98 | 132 inhabitants / km² | 17073 | 17100 |
Le Douhet | 695 (2013) | 18.35 | 38 inhabitants / km² | 17143 | 17100 |
Font envelope | 2,390 (2013) | 11.58 | 206 inhabitants / km² | 17164 | 17100 |
Saint-Vaize | 571 (2013) | 4.61 | 124 inhabitants / km² | 17412 | 17100 |
Saintes | 25,601 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 17415 | 17100 |
Vénérand | 764 (2013) | 9.65 | 79 inhabitants / km² | 17462 | 17100 |