Canton of Signy-le-Petit
| Former canton of Signy-le-Petit |
|
|---|---|
| region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mezieres |
| main place | Signy-le-Petit |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 3,937 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 29 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 136.64 km² |
| Communities | 9 |
| INSEE code | 0829 |
The canton of Signy-le-Petit was a French canton in the arrondissement Charleville-Mézières , in the Département Ardennes and in the Champagne-Ardenne region until 2015 ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Signy-le-Petit . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. The last representative in the General Council of the Département was Benoît Huré.
geography
The canton Signy-le-Petit was 13,664 hectares (136.64 km²) and had 3937 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 29 inhabitants per km². It was an average of 246 meters above sea level .
Communities
The canton consisted of nine municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| eye | 60 | 08380 | 08030 |
| Auvillers-les-Forges | 877 | 08260 | 08037 |
| Brognon | 148 | 08380 | 08087 |
| Éteignières | 516 | 08260 | 08156 |
| Fligny | 185 | 08380 | 08172 |
| La Neuville-aux-Joûtes | 361 | 08380 | 08318 |
| Neuville-lez-Beaulieu | 335 | 08380 | 08319 |
| Signy-le-Petit | 1243 | 08380 | 08420 |
| Tarzy | 154 | 08380 | 08440 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4138 | 4416 | 4073 | 3776 | 3619 | 3679 | 3937 |
Coordinates: 49 ° 54 ' N , 4 ° 17' E