Canton of La Fère

Canton de Fère
French canton
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Laon
Seat La Fère
Communes 20
Government
Area¹
 • Total 154.52 km2 (59.66 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 11,931
 • Density 77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Cantonal code 02 14
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of La Fère is a former administrative division in northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 20 communes, which joined the canton of Tergnier in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Achery 540 02800 02002
Andelain 159 02800 02016
Anguilcourt-le-Sart 268 02800 02017
Bertaucourt-Epourdon 515 02800 02074
Brie 69 02870 02122
Charmes 1 749 02800 02165
Courbes 31 02800 02222
Danizy 560 02800 02260
Deuillet 165 02700 02262
La Fère 2 817 02800 02304
Fourdrain 433 02870 02329
Fressancourt 184 02800 02335
Mayot 176 02800 02473
Monceau-lès-Leups 426 02270 02492
Rogécourt 92 02800 02651
Saint-Gobain 2 340 02410 02680
Saint-Nicolas-aux-Bois 93 02410 02685
Servais 240 02700 02716
Travecy 643 02800 02746
Versigny 431 02800 02788

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of La Fère
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population12 79813 81312 77812 09312 04511 931
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Décret n° 2014-202 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Aisne

Coordinates: 49°40′N 3°22′E / 49.667°N 3.367°E / 49.667; 3.367

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