Canton of Bâgé-le-Châtel

The canton of Bâgé-le-Châtel is a former administrative division in eastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 16,187 inhabitants (2012).[1]

Bâgé-le-Châtel
Former canton
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAin
No. of communes10
Disbanded2015
SeatBâgé-le-Châtel
Area
113.68 km2 (43.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
16,187
 • Density142/km2 (370/sq mi)

The canton comprised 10 communes:[1]

Demographics edit

Historical population of Canton of Bâgé-le-Châtel
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999
Population10 17310 92111 16211 85312 36313 396
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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