Canton of Valréas
Canton of Valréas | |
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region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
Department | Vaucluse |
Arrondissement | Avignon |
main place | Valréas |
Residents | 13,774 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 110 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 124.92 km² |
Communities | 4th |
INSEE code | 8417 |
Location of the canton of Valréas in the Vaucluse department |
The canton of Valréas is a French constituency in the Vaucluse department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . Its main town is Valréas and it forms an exclave of the Vaucluse département completely enclosed by the Drôme . As part of a nationwide reorganization of the constituencies in 2015, its composition remained unchanged.
Communities
The canton consists of four municipalities with 13,774 inhabitants (as of 2017) on an area of 124.92 km 2 :
local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grillon | 1,750 | 14.92 | 117 | 84053 | 84240 |
Richerenches | 619 | 10.96 | 56 | 84097 | 84240 |
Valréas | 9,422 | 57.97 | 163 | 84138 | 84120 |
Visan | 1,983 | 41.07 | 48 | 84150 | 84120 |
Canton of Valréas | 13,774 | 124.92 | 110 | 8417 | - |
Until the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the canton had the INSEE code 8422.
history
The area was until September 1791 "Enclave des Papes" and belonged to the Papal States .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Brüggemann: The calibration field of France . KNA -Article on katholisch.de , July 2, 2017 accessed on 3 July 2017th