Canton of Sancoins
| Former Canton of Sancoins |
|
|---|---|
| region | Center-Val de Loire |
| Department | Cher |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Amand-Montrond |
| main place | Sancoins |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 5,508 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 269.56 km² |
| Communities | 11 |
| INSEE code | 1826 |
The canton of Sancoins was 2015 a French canton in the department of Cher and the region Center-Val de Loire . It included 11 parishes in the arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Sancoins . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton of Sancoins was 259.56 km 2 and last had 5508 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of 20 inhabitants per km 2 (as of 2012). It was on average at 209 m , between 173 m in Neuvy-le-Barrois and 268 m in Chaumont .
Communities
The canton consisted of eleven municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augy-sur-Aubois | 290 | 18600 | 18017 |
| Chaumont | 54 | 18350 | 18060 |
| Givardon | 298 | 18600 | 18102 |
| Grossouvre | 274 | 18600 | 18106 |
| Mornay-sur-Allier | 431 | 18600 | 18155 |
| Neuilly-en-Dun | 224 | 18600 | 18161 |
| Neuvy-le-Barrois | 139 | 18600 | 18164 |
| Sagonne | 190 | 18600 | 18195 |
| Saint-Aignan-des-Noyers | 94 | 18600 | 18196 |
| Sancoins | 3080 | 18600 | 18242 |
| Vereaux | 140 | 18600 | 18275 |