| Type: | canton |
| Saint-Benoît-du-Sault | |
| Seat: | Saint-Benoît-du-Sault |
| Nbcomm: | 14 |
| Insee: | 36 17 |
| Pop: | 5139 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Area: | 318.81 |
| Disbanded: | 2015 |
The Canton of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault is a French former administrative subdivision, situated in the Indre département and the Centre région. It had 5,139 inhabitants (2012).[1] It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 14 communes,[1] which joined the canton of Saint-Gaultier in 2015.[2]
The Canton of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault is in the Arrondissement of Le Blanc. Its altitude varies from 112 m (Dunet) to 344 m (Mouhet), with a median altitude of 218 meters above sea level.
The canton comprised the following communes:[1]
| 1962 | 6,800 | |
| 1968 | 7,455 | |
| 1975 | 6,871 | |
| 1982 | 6,219 | |
| 1990 | 5,846 | |
| 1999 | 5,432 |
The last conseiller général was Gérard Mayaud, of the UDF.