Canton of Soyaux
Former canton of Soyaux |
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region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Charente |
Arrondissement | Angoulême |
main place | Soyaux |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 14,707 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
Population density | 157 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 93.40 km² |
Communities | 5 |
INSEE code | 1632 |
The canton Soyaux was 2015 a French canton in the department of Charente and in the former region Poitou-Charentes . It included five parishes in the Angoulême arrondissement ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Soyaux . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. Abel Migné ( PS ) was the last representative in the conseil général des Départements for the years 1988–2015 .
Communities
The canton comprised five municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Post Code | Code INSEE |
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Bouëx | 927 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16410 | 16055 |
Dirac | 1522 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16410 | 16120 |
Garat | 1967 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16410 | 16146 |
Soyaux | 9366 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16800 | 16374 |
Vouzan | 750 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 16410 | 16422 |