Canton of Acheux-en-Amiénois explained

50.0742°N 2.5336°W

Type:	canton
Acheux-en-Amiénois
Seat:	Acheux-en-Amiénois
Nbcomm:	26
Insee:	80 03
Pop:	6373
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	166.11
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Acheux-en-Amiénois is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the former Picardy region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 26 communes, which joined the canton of Albert in 2015.^[1] It had 6,373 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Acheux-en-Amiénois in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 63m at Toutencourt to 157m at Authie for an average of 129m.

The canton comprised 26 communes:^[2]

• Acheux-en-Amiénois
• Arquèves
• Authie
• Bayencourt
• Bertrancourt
• Bus-lès-Artois
• Coigneux
• Colincamps
• Courcelles-au-Bois
• Englebelmer
• Forceville
• Harponville
• Hédauville
• Hérissart
• Léalvillers
• Louvencourt
• Mailly-Maillet
• Marieux
• Puchevillers
• Raincheval
• Saint-Léger-lès-Authie
• Senlis-le-Sec
• Thièvres
• Toutencourt
• Varennes
• Vauchelles-lès-Authie

Population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
5947	6228	5895	5754	5730	5809
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

• Arrondissements of the Somme department
• Cantons of the Somme department
• Communes of the Somme department

Notes and References

1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664510 Décret n° 2014-263 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Somme
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep80.pdf Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme