Canton of Tauves
| Former Canton of Tauves |
|
|---|---|
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Issoire |
| main place | Tauves |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 2,586 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 159.80 km² |
| Communities | 6th |
| INSEE code | 6345 |
The Canton Tauves was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Issoire in the Puy-de-Dôme and the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; his main town was Tauves , representative in the General Council of the Département was last from 2002 to 2015, re-elected in 2008, Christophe Serre. The canton was 159.80 km² and had 2,817 inhabitants (1999), which corresponded to a population density of 18 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 814 meters above sea level , between 520 m in Larodde and 1,328 m in Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne .
Communities
The canton consisted of six municipalities:
| local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Post Code | Code INSEE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avèze | 185 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 63690 | 63024 |
| Labessette | 61 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 63690 | 63183 |
| Larodde | 267 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 63690 | 63190 |
| Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne | 1124 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 63950 | 63397 |
| Singles | 167 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 63690 | 63421 |
| Tauves | 787 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 63690 | 63426 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,553 | 3,912 | 3,601 | 3,413 | 3,042 | 2,817 | 2,643 |