Canton of Hérisson

Canton de Hérisson
French canton
Country France
Region Auvergne
Department Allier
Seat Hérisson
Communes 17
Government
  Representative Daniel Roussat
2011-2014
Area¹
  Total 435.22 km2 (168.04 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Total 9,035
  Density 21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Cantonal code 03 12
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Hérisson is a former administrative division in central France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 12 communes, which joined the canton of Huriel in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Audes 451 03190 03010
Bizeneuille 287 03170 03031
Le Brethon 352 03350 03041
Cosne-d'Allier 2 407 03430 03084
Estivareilles 1 033 03190 03111
Givarlais 227 03190 03123
Hérisson 709 03190 03127
Louroux-Bourbonnais 245 03350 03150
Louroux-Hodement 293 03190 03153
Maillet 322 03190 03158
Nassigny 145 03190 03193
Reugny 272 03190 03213
Saint-Caprais 92 03190 03222
Sauvagny 99 03430 03269
Tortezais 147 03430 03285
Vallon-en-Sully 1 712 03190 03297
Venas 242 03190 03303

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Hérisson
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population9 34110 2629 6979 8229 4619 035
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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Coordinates: 46°30′34″N 2°42′44″E / 46.50944°N 2.71222°E / 46.50944; 2.71222

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