Canton of Valréas

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Canton of Valréas
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 000000000001750.00000000001,750 14.92 000000000000117.0000000000117 84053 84240
Richerenches 000000000000619.0000000000619 10.96 000000000000056.000000000056 84097 84240
Valréas 000000000009422.00000000009,422 57.97 000000000000163.0000000000163 84138 84120
Visan 000000000001983.00000000001,983 41.07 000000000000048.000000000048 84150 84120
Canton of Valréas 000000000013774.000000000013,774 124.92 000000000000110.0000000000110 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

  1. Alexander Brüggemann: The calibration field of France . KNA -Article on katholisch.de , July 2, 2017 accessed on 3 July 2017th