Canton of Belley

Canton de Belley
French canton
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Seat	Belley
Communes	35
Area¹
• Total	333.97 km2 (128.95 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	23,936
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Cantonal code	01 04
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Belley is one of the cantons of France and is located in the department of Ain and in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Geography

This canton is organized around Belley in the Arrondissement of Belley. Its altitude is between 203 meters in (Brégnier-Cordon) and 1,020 meters in (Conzieu) with an average of 286 m.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 24 to 37 communes (4 of which merged into the new communes Arboys-en-Bugey and Parves-et-Nattages):

• Ambléon
• Andert-et-Condon
• Arboys-en-Bugey
• Belley
• Brégnier-Cordon
• Brens
• La Burbanche
• Ceyzérieu
• Chazey-Bons
• Cheignieu-la-Balme
• Colomieu
• Contrevoz
• Conzieu
• Cressin-Rochefort
• Cuzieu
• Flaxieu
• Groslée-Saint-Benoît (partly)
• Izieu
• Lavours
• Magnieu
• Marignieu
• Massignieu-de-Rives
• Murs-et-Gélignieux
• Parves-et-Nattages
• Peyrieu
• Pollieu
• Prémeyzel
• Pugieu
• Rossillon
• Saint-Champ
• Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses
• Saint-Martin-de-Bavel
• Virieu-le-Grand
• Virignin
• Vongnes

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Belley
(Source: INSEE)

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2008
Population	10 920	12 497	13 045	14 165	14 512	15 488	{{{7}}}	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Cantons of the Ain department
• Arrondissement of Belley

External links

• Canton of Belley on the Insee website (official French census)
• Map of the canton of Belley on Mapquest
• Location of the canton of Belley on a map of France