Canton of Coussey explained

Type:canton
Coussey
Seat:Coussey
Nbcomm:21
Insee:88 09
Pop:4209
Population As Of:2012
Area:233.76
Disbanded:2015

The Canton of Coussey is a former French administrative and electoral grouping of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Lorraine. 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 Neufchâteau in 2015.[1] It had 4,209 inhabitants (2012).[2]

The Canton of Coussey had its administrative centre at Coussey and was one of seven cantons in the Arrondissement of Neufchâteau. The territory of the canton included Joan of Arc's birthplace Domrémy-la-Pucelle.

Composition

The Canton of Coussey comprises the following 21 communes: Coussey, Soulosse-sous-Saint-Élophe, Frebécourt, Maxey-sur-Meuse, Moncel-sur-Vair, Midrevaux, Harmonville, Domrémy-la-Pucelle, Autigny-la-Tour, Greux, Punerot, Ruppes, Martigny-les-Gerbonvaux, Autreville, Sionne, Chermisey, Tranqueville-Graux, Avranville, Jubainville, Clérey-la-Côte and Seraumont.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664666 Décret n° 2014-268 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Vosges
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep88.pdf Populations légales 2012: 88 Vosges