Canton of Les Mées

Canton des Mées
French canton
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Seat	Les Mées
Communes	6
Government
• Representative	Serge Sardella 2008-2014
Area¹
• Total	215.87 km² (83.35 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	9,269
• Density	43/km² (110/sq mi)
Cantonal code	04 14
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

The canton of Les Mées is a former administrative division in southeastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It included the following communes:

Commune	Inhabitants	Postal code	INSEE code
Le Castellet	202	04700	04041
Entrevennes	163	04700	04077
Malijai	1 628	04350	04108
Les Mées	2 925	04190	04116
Oraison	4 114	04700	04143
Puimichel	237	04700	04156

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Les Mées
(Source: INSEE)
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	5 316	6 151	6 610	7 305	8 316	9 269
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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

Barcelonnette Castellane Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Digne-les-Bains-1 Digne-les-Bains-2 Forcalquier Manosque-1 Manosque-2 Manosque-3 Oraison Reillanne Riez Seyne Sisteron Valensole

Coordinates: 44°01′50″N 5°58′38″E / 44.03056°N 5.97722°E / 44.03056; 5.97722

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