Canton of Volonne
| Former canton of Volonne |
|
|---|---|
| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Forcalquier |
| main place | Volonne |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 11,886 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 75 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 158.55 km² |
| Communities | 9 |
| INSEE code | 0430 |
The canton of Volonne was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Forcalquier in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It comprised nine parishes, its main town was Volonne (French: chef-lieu ). The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. His last representative in the conseil général des Départements was José Escane from 2004 to 2015.
Communities
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aubignosc | 592 | 04200 | 04013 |
| Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban | 5139 | 04160 | 04049 |
| Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat | 504 | 04200 | 04053 |
| L'Escale | 1389 | 04160 | 04079 |
| Montfort | 332 | 04600 | 04127 |
| Peipin | 1464 | 04200 | 04145 |
| Salignac | 634 | 04290 | 04200 |
| Sourribes | 179 | 04290 | 04211 |
| Volonne | 1650 | 04290 | 04244 |