Canton of Saint-Firmin

Canton de Saint-Firmin
French canton
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Gap
Seat	Saint-Firmin
Communes	8
Government
• Representative	Robert Blache
Area¹
• Total	254.62 km2 (98.31 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	1,565
• Density	6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Cantonal code	05 20
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Saint-Firmin is a former administrative division in southeastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 8 communes, which joined the canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur in 2015. It included the following communes:

Commune	Inhabitants	Postal code	INSEE code
Aspres-lès-Corps	121	05800	05009
Chauffayer	334	05800	05039
Le Glaizil	179	05800	05062
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar	129	05800	05064
Saint-Firmin	438	05800	05142
Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard	152	05800	05144
Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard	150	05800	05152
Villar-Loubière	62	05800	05182

Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Saint-Firmin
(Source: INSEE)

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2008
Population	1 829	1 984	1 930	1 725	1 543	1 565	{{{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 Hautes-Alpes department
• Communes of France