Canton of Burie explained

Type:	canton
Burie
Nbcomm:	10
Seat:	Burie
Insee:	1705
Pop:	7201
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	123.56
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Burie is a French former administrative division in the Département Charente-Maritime and the region Poitou-Charentes. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 10 communes, which joined the canton of Chaniers in 2015.^[1] It had 7,201 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Communes of Burie

The canton comprised the following communes:^[2]

• Burie
• Chérac
• Dompierre-sur-Charente
• Écoyeux
• Migron
• Saint-Bris-des-Bois
• Saint-Césaire
• Saint-Sauvant
• Le Seure
• Villars-les-Bois

See also

• Cantons of the Charente-Maritime department

Notes and References

1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664692 Décret n° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep17.pdf Populations légales 2012: 17 Charente-Maritime