Canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

The canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 12 to 15 communes (2 of which were merged into the new communes Surjoux-Lhopital and Valserhône):[1]

Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAin
No. of communes12
SeatBellegarde-sur-Valserine
Area
  Total220.15 km2 (85.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
  Total20,893
  Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE code01 03

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population13 43815 08415 99215 65716 34116 788
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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