Canton of Fontaine-le-Dun explained

Type:	canton
Fontaine-le-Dun
Seat:	Fontaine-le-Dun
Nbcomm:	16
Insee:	76 22
Pop:	4,497
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	87.36
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Fontaine-le-Dun is a former canton situated in the Seine-Maritime département and in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 16 communes, which joined the canton of Saint-Valery-en-Caux in 2015.^[1] It had a total of 4,497 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Geography

A farming area in the arrondissement of Dieppe, centred on the town of Fontaine-le-Dun. The altitude varies from 0m (Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer) to 128m (Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long) for an average altitude of 68m.

The canton comprised 16 communes:^[2]

• Angiens
• Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long
• Autigny
• Bourville
• Brametot
• La Chapelle-sur-Dun
• Crasville-la-Rocquefort
• Ermenouville
• Fontaine-le-Dun
• La Gaillarde
• Héberville
• Houdetot
• Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
• Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
• Saint-Pierre-le-Viger
• Sotteville-sur-Mer

See also

• Arrondissements of the Seine-Maritime department
• Cantons of the Seine-Maritime department
• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

Notes and References

1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664598 Décret n° 2014-266 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Seine-Maritime
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep76.pdf Populations légales 2012: 76 Seine-Maritime