Canton of Vassy
| Former canton of Vassy |
|
|---|---|
| region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Vire |
| main place | Vassy |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 6,060 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 38 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 157.94 km² |
| Communities | 14th |
| INSEE code | 1436 |
The Canton Vassy was 2015 a French canton in the department of Calvados and in the former region Basse-Normandie . It included 14 parishes in the Arrondissement Vire ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Vassy . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. Michel Roca was last representative in the General Council of the Department from 2008 to 2015.
geography
The canton of Vassy was 15,794 hectares (157.94 km 2 ) and last had 6,060 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of 38 inhabitants per km 2 (as of 2012). The mean was 193 m , between 103 m in Vassy and 302 m in Viessoix .
Communities
The canton consisted of 14 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernières-le-Patry | 560 | 14410 | 14065 |
| Burcy | 387 | 14410 | 14113 |
| Chênedollé | 239 | 14410 | 14156 |
| Le Désert | 82 | 14350 | 14222 |
| Estry | 360 | 14410 | 14253 |
| Montchamp | 598 | 14350 | 14442 |
| Pierres | 192 | 14410 | 14503 |
| Presles | 282 | 14410 | 14521 |
| La Rocque | 91 | 14410 | 14539 |
| Rully | 214 | 14410 | 14549 |
| Saint-Charles-de-Percy | 204 | 14350 | 14564 |
| Le Theil-Bocage | 220 | 14410 | 14686 |
| Vassy | 1,838 | 14410 | 14726 |
| Viessoix | 832 | 14410 | 14746 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6131 | 5769 | 5271 | 5398 | 5363 | 5420 | 5716 | 6012 |