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Canton Of Forges-les-Eaux

The Canton of Forges-les-Eaux is a former canton situated in the Seine-Maritime département and in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 21 communes, which joined the canton of Gournay-en-Bray in 2015. It had a total of 10,991 inhabitants (2012).

Geography

An area of farming and light industry in the arrondissement of Dieppe, centred on the town of Forges-les-Eaux. The altitude varies from 101m (Mesnil-Mauger) to 246m (Gaillefontaine) for an average altitude of 170m.

The canton comprised 21 communes:

Population

Historical population of Canton of Forges-les-Eaux
(Source: INSEE)
Year196219681975198219901999200620072008
Population987310697100779921991410340108561090610988
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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References

49°37′16″N 1°34′25″E / 49.62111°N 1.57361°E / 49.62111; 1.57361