Canton of Villers-Bocage (Somme)

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Villers-Bocage
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Communes 24
Chief Town Villers-Bocage
Statistics
Land area¹ 190,28 km²
Population
 -1999 12,386
 -Density 65,09/km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².
France

The Canton of Viller-Bocage is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France.

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[edit] Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Villers-Bocage in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 20m (Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée) to 154m (Talmas) for an average of 92m.

[edit] Composition

The canton of Villers-Bocage comprises 24 communes and a total of 12,386 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

Demographic Composition
Commune Population Post Code INSEE Code
Bavelincourt 85 80260 80056
Beaucourt-sur-l'Hallue 226 80260 80066
Béhencourt 353 80260 80077
Bertangles 654 80260 80092
Cardonnette 417 80260 80173
Coisy 246 80260 80202
Contay 353 80560 80207
Flesselles 2 143 80260 80316
Fréchencourt 227 80260 80351
Mirvaux 144 80260 80550
Molliens-au-Bois 326 80260 80553
Montigny-sur-l'Hallue 197 80260 80562
Montonvillers 71 80260 80565
Pierregot 243 80260 80624
Pont-Noyelles 789 80115 80634
Querrieu 687 80115 80650
Rainneville 761 80260 80661
Rubempré 675 80260 80686
Saint-Gratien 371 80260 80704
Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée 563 80310 80722
Talmas 1 053 80260 80746
Vadencourt 104 80560 80773
Vaux-en-Amiénois 389 80260 80782
Villers-Bocage 1 309 80260 80798

[edit] Population

Population Growth
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
6139 6742 7889 9942 11973 12386
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

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