CANTON OF NONTRON

'Canton of Nontron' '''Canton de la Nontron'''
Région	Aquitaine
Département	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Chief town	Nontron
Communes	16
Cantonal code	24 26
Population	9,101 (1999)
Area	266.31 km²/26.631 ha = 34.17/km²

The 'Canton of Nontron' is a canton of the Dordogne ''département'', in France. The canton has two postcodes, 24300 and 24360 fort Saint-Estèphe.
The lowest point is 115 m at the commune of Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert, the highest point is at Abjat-sur-Bandiat at 355 m, the average or the centre is 197 m. The leastly populated commune is Connezac with 82 and the most populated commune is Nontron with 3,500. The second mostly populated commune is Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert with 915.

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Communes of Nontron

Population history

Other

External links

See also

Communes of Nontron

The canton of Nontron contains 13 communes and has 6,153 inhabitants.

Commune	Population	INSEE code	Postal code
Abjat-sur-Bandiat	624	24300	24001
Augignac	791	24300	24016
Le Bourdeix	229	24300	24056
Connezac	82	24300	24131
Hautefaye	116	24300	24209
Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert	915	24300	24214
Lussas-et-Nontronneau	371	24300	24248
'Nontron'	3,500	24300	24311
Saint-Estèphe	619	24360	24398
Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne	135	24300	24411
Saint-Martial-de-Valette	790	24300	24451
Saint-Martin-le-Pin	305	24300	24458
Savignac-de-Nontron	187	24300	24525
Sceau-Saint-Angel	117	24300	24528
Teyjat	320	24300	24548

Population history

Year	Population	Density
1962	9,398	-
1968	10,240	-
1975	9,885	-
1982	9,574	-
1990	9,435	-
1999	9,101	31.96/km²

Since the 1968 census, the population has been losing but somewhere in 1968 hit the 10,000 mark but fell as where it stands last for that point.

Other

The canton of Nontron has schools, lyceum or middle schools, gymnasia, churches, banks, parks and squares.

External links

★ The canton of Nontron on the INSEE site

★ Location of the canton of Nontron on the map of France

See also

★ Dordogne

★ Arrondissements of the Dordogne department

★ Cantons of the Dordogne department

★ Communes of the Dordogne department

★ List of general councillors of the Dordogne department