Canton of Charente-Sud

The canton of Charente-Sud is an administrative division in the Charente department, France. It was created following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015 from the former cantons of Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Blanzac-Porcheresse and Brossac. It consists of 46 communes (9 of which merged into the new communes Val-des-Vignes, Montmérac and Coteaux du Blanzacais):[1]

Charente-Sud
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
No. of communes40
SeatBarbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Area
  Total628.75 km2 (242.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
  Total20,115
  Density32/km2 (80/sq mi)
INSEE code16 09

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