Canton of Sornac
| Former canton of Sornac |
|
|---|---|
| region | Limousin |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Ussel |
| main place | Sornac |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 2,433 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 9 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 260.27 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 1923 |
The Canton Sornac was 2015 a French canton in the department of Corrèze and in the former region Limousin . It comprised eight communities in the arrondissement of Ussel ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Sornac . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton of Sornac was at an average altitude of 781 m , between 639 m in Saint-Germain-Lavolps and 958 m in Sornac .
Communities
The canton consisted of eight municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellechassagne | 89 | 19290 | 19021 |
| Chavanac | 51 | 19290 | 19052 |
| Millevaches | 81 | 19290 | 19139 |
| Peyrelevade | 850 | 19290 | 19164 |
| Saint-Germain-Lavolps | 87 | 19290 | 19206 |
| Saint-Rémy | 227 | 19290 | 19238 |
| Saint-Setiers | 285 | 19290 | 19241 |
| Sornac | 759 | 19290 | 19261 |