Canton of Le Bois-d'Oingt

Le Bois-d'Oingt
Canton
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône
Seat Le Bois-d'Oingt
Communes 24
Area¹
  Total 197.7 km2 (76.3 sq mi)
Population (2012)
  Total 27,804
  Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The Canton of Le Bois-d'Oingt is a French administrative division, located in the Rhône department.

The canton was established in 1790 and modified by decree of 27 February 2014 which came into force in March 2015.[1] The canton was expanded from 18 to 27 communes (5 of which were merged into the new communes Porte des Pierres Dorées and Val d'Oingt).

Composition

The canton of Le Bois-d'Oingt is composed of 24 communes:

Communes Population
(2012)
Alix 728
Bagnols 656
Belmont-d'Azergues 628
Le Breuil 452
Bully 2,082
Chamelet 649
Charnay 1,072
Châtillon 2,192
Chessy 1,824
Cogny 1,154
Frontenas 812
Jarnioux 619
Légny 650
Létra 947
Moiré 199
Porte des Pierres Dorées 2,863
Sainte-Paule 337
Saint-Germain-Nuelles 2,068
Saint-Jean-des-Vignes 400
Saint-Vérand 1,111
Ternand 715
Theizé 1,088
Val d'Oingt 3,751
Ville-sur-Jarnioux 807

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Coordinates: 45°56′01″N 4°35′03″E / 45.9336°N 4.5842°E / 45.9336; 4.5842

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