Canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur

Canton de Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
French canton
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Gap
Seat	Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
Communes	27
Area¹
• Total	745.91 km2 (288.00 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	11,047
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Cantonal code	05 12
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur is an administrative division in southeastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 16 to 27 communes:

• Ancelle
• Aspres-lès-Corps
• Buissard
• Chabottes
• Champoléon
• Chauffayer
• La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar
• Les Costes
• La Fare-en-Champsaur
• Forest-Saint-Julien
• Le Glaizil
• Laye
• La Motte-en-Champsaur
• Le Noyer
• Orcières
• Poligny
• Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
• Saint-Eusèbe-en-Champsaur
• Saint-Firmin
• Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard
• Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas
• Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur
• Saint-Laurent-du-Cros
• Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes
• Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard
• Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol
• Villar-Loubière

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
(Source: INSEE)

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2008
Population	5 139	5 482	5 411	5 432	5 648	6 059	{{{7}}}	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Cantons of the Hautes-Alpes department
• Communes of France