Canton of Castellane

Castellane
Canton
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-de-Haute-Provence
No. of communes32
SeatCastellane
Government
 • Representatives (2022–2028) Magali Girieud
Alain Delsaux[1]
Area
1,320.43 km2 (509.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
9,819
 • Density7/km2 (20/sq mi)
INSEE code04 02

The canton of Castellane is an administrative division in southeastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 7 to 32 communes. Its seat is in Castellane.[3]

Composition

It consists of the following communes:[3]

  1. Allons
  2. Allos
  3. Angles
  4. Annot
  5. Beauvezer
  6. Braux
  7. Castellane
  8. Castellet-lès-Sausses
  9. Colmars
  10. Demandolx
  11. Entrevaux
  12. Le Fugeret
  13. La Garde
  14. Lambruisse
  15. Méailles
  16. Moriez
  17. La Mure-Argens
  18. Peyroules
  19. La Rochette
  20. Rougon
  21. Saint-André-les-Alpes
  22. Saint-Benoît
  23. Saint-Julien-du-Verdon
  24. Saint-Pierre
  25. Sausses
  26. Soleilhas
  27. Thorame-Basse
  28. Thorame-Haute
  29. Ubraye
  30. Val-de-Chalvagne
  31. Vergons
  32. Villars-Colmars

Councillors

Election Councillors Party Occupation
2015 Alberte Vallée PS Councillor of Allos
2015 Gilbert Sauvan PS President of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's Departmental council
Member of the National Assembly for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 1st constituency
2017 Thierry Collomp DVG Mayor of Saint-Julien-du-Verdon
  • Following the death of Gilbert Sauvan, his substitute, Thierry Collomp, replaces it.

Pictures of the canton

View of Entrevaux's Citadel
Castillon's Lake in Saint-André-les-Alpes
Street in Castellane

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Décret n° 2014-226 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence".

43°50′51″N 6°30′50″E / 43.84750°N 6.51389°E / 43.84750; 6.51389

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