Canton Thouars-2
| Former Canton Thouars-2 |
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|---|---|
| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Bressuire |
| main place | Thouars |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 13,743 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 7932 |
The Canton Thouars-2 was until 2015 a French constituency in Arrondissement Bressuire , in Deux-Sevres and in the region of Poitou-Charentes ; its main place was Thouars . Bernard Paineau ( PS ) was the representative in the General Council of the Department from 1994 to 2015 .
It was on average 73 meters above sea level , between 32 meters in Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay and 120 meters in Mauzé-Thouarsais .
The canton was merged into the new canton of Thouars in 2015 .
Communities
The canton consisted of part of the city of Thouars (the total number of inhabitants is indicated; about 5,000 inhabitants live in the canton) and part of the municipality of Argenton-l'Église (only the village of Bagneux was in the canton ; the remaining part was in the canton Argenton-les -Vallées ) and seven other municipalities:
| local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argenton-l'Église | 1,639 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 79014 | 79290 |
| Brion-près-Thouet | 785 (2013) | 8.06 | 97 inhabitants / km² | 79056 | 79290 |
| Louzy | 1,302 (2013) | 18.64 | 70 inhabitants / km² | 79157 | 79100 |
| Mauzé-Thouarsais | 2,186 (2013) | 49.53 | 44 inhabitants / km² | 79171 | 79100 |
| Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay | 1,008 (2013) | 24.69 | 41 inhabitants / km² | 79277 | 79290 |
| Sainte-Radegonde | 1,901 (2013) | 7.52 | 253 inhabitants / km² | 79292 | 79100 |
| Sainte-Verge | 1,427 (2013) | 12.83 | 111 inhabitants / km² | 79300 | 79100 |
| Thouars | 9,302 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 79329 | 79100 |