The Canton of Courçon is a former

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of the

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Chérente-Marine''; ) is a Departments of France, department in the French Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente (river), Charen ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

'', in

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. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation, which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 14 communes, which joined the

canton of Marans The Canton of Marans is a Cantons of France, canton of the Charente-Maritime ''Departments of France, département'', in France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 6 to 20 Commune ...

in 2015.Décret n° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime
/ref> It had 14,928 inhabitants, as per the 2012 census.Populations légales 2012: 17 Charente-Maritime
INSEE The lowest point was the river

Sèvre Niortaise The Sèvre Niortaise () is a long river in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire regions in western France, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres department, near Sepvret, north of Melle. It flows through t ...

(2 m), the highest point was in Benon at 56 m, and the average elevation was 12 m. The most populated commune was

Saint-Jean-de-Liversay Saint-Jean-de-Liversay () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Population Personalities * Jean René Constant Quoy, marine doctor and naturalist See also * Communes of t ...

with 2,570 inhabitants (2012).

Communes of Courçon

The canton comprised the following

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: * Angliers * Benon *

Courçon Courçon () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include ...

Cramchaban Cram-Chaban (; known as Cramchaban until 31 December 2022) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Population Its inhabitants are known as ''Cramois'' or ''Cramchabanais'' in French. See also * Comm ...

* Ferrières *

La Grève-sur-Mignon La Grève-sur-Mignon () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Before 1928, it was known as ''Saint-Martin-de-Villeneuve''. Population Personalities La Grève-sur-Mignon was the birthplace of: * Lova Moo ...

Le Gué-d'Alleré Le Gué-d'Alleré () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 462 communes of the Charente-Maritime depa ...

* La Laigne *

Nuaillé-d'Aunis Nuaillé-d'Aunis (, literally ''Nuaillé of Aunis'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The foll ...

* La Ronde *

Saint-Cyr-du-Doret Saint-Cyr-du-Doret () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 462 com ...

Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis (, literally ''Saint-Sauveur of Aunis'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department ...

Taugon Taugon () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 462 communes of the C ...

Population history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Courcon Former cantons of Charente-Maritime 2015 disestablishments in France States and territories disestablished in 2015