Canton of Oisemont

French canton
name=Canton of Oisemont
reg=
dept=
arr= Amiens
chieftown=Oisemont
numcomm=31
cancode =80 32
pop=5,957
year=1999
area=143.83
dens=41,42
cons= Jérôme Bignon
dates=|

The Canton of Oisemont is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France.

Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Oisemont in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 48m at Heucourt-Croquoison to 204m at Neuville-Coppegueule for an average of 118m. The canton's economy is almost entirely agricultural, only the chef-lieu having a population in excess of 1000.

Composition

The canton of Oisemont comprises 31 mostly very small communes and a total of 5,957 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

Population

ee also

* Somme
* Arrondissements of the Somme department
* Cantons of the Somme department
* Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://tresordesregions.mgm.fr/Mdir.php?p=cant.php&region=22&cl=Oisemont Trésor des régions] ] fr
* [http://www.sommexpansion.com/economie/Cantons/oisemont.pdf Comité d'Expansion de la Somme ] ] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=P&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&codgeo=8032&quelcas=LISTE&lang=FR Le canton d'Oisemont on the Insee website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 22nd , 2008."