Canton of Saint-Sever-Calvados explained

The Canton of Saint-Sever-Calvados (French: Le canton de Saint-Sever-Calvados) is a French former canton of the département of Calvados in the region of Basse-Normandie.[1] It had 7,226 inhabitants (2012).[2] It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 18 communes, which joined the canton of Vire Normandie in 2015.[3] The canton formed part of the Arrondissement of Vire. The chief commune in the Canton was Saint-Sever-Calvados and the general counciller was Yves Rondel (2008 - 2014)

Geography

The altitude varied from 39 m (Pont-Farcy) to 351 m (Le Gast), the average altitude was 186 m.

Communes

The Canton comprised the following Communes:[2]

References

48.8397°N -1.0481°W

Notes and References

  1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Cantonales/elecresult__cantonales_2008/(path)/cantonales_2008/014/CN.html Résultats des élections cantonales 2008, Calvados
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep14.pdf Populations légales 2012: 14 Calvados
  3. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028625983 Décret n° 2014-160 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Calvados