Canton of Ribiers

Canton de Ribiers
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Seat Ribiers
Communes 7
Government
  Representative Albert Moullet
2008-2014
Area¹
  Total 146.94 km2 (56.73 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Total 1,518
  Density 10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Cantonal code 05 16
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Ribiers is a former administrative division in southeastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 7 communes, which joined the canton of Laragne-Montéglin in 2015.[1] It included the following communes:

Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Antonaves 158 05300 05005
Barret-sur-Méouge 232 05300 05014
Châteauneuf-de-Chabre 259 05300 05034
Éourres 85 26560 05047
Ribiers 677 05300 05118
Saint-Pierre-Avez 24 05300 05155
Salérans 83 05300 05160

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Ribiers
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population9231 1201 1691 1671 3851 518
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: 44°41′07″N 6°19′33″E / 44.68528°N 6.32583°E / 44.68528; 6.32583

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