The Canton of Gaillon-Campagne is a former

French canton The cantons of France () are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, t ...

located in the Eure department in the former

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Upper Normandy Upper Normandy (, ; ) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy. History It was created in 1956 from two departments: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Norm ...

(now part of

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). It had 14,587 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 27 Eure
INSEE It was established in 1985 as a part of the canton of Gaillon. Its seat was the town

Gaillon Gaillon () is a commune in the Eure department in northern France. History The origins of Gaillon are not really known. In 892, Rollo, a Viking chief, might have ravaged Gaillon and the region, before he became the first prince of the Normans ...

, itself not part of the canton.Décret n°85-145 du 31 janvier 1985
modifying and creating cantons in the department of Eure, in ''Journal officiel de la République française'', 1 February 1985, p. 1380

History

Composition

The canton comprised the following

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: * Ailly * Autheuil-Authouillet * Bernieres-sur-Seine *

Cailly-sur-Eure Cailly-sur-Eure (, literally ''Cailly on Eure'') is a commune in the Eure department and Normandy region of France. Population See also *Communes of the Eure department The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure departmen ...

* Champenard *

La Croix-Saint-Leufroy La Croix-Saint-Leufroy () is a former commune in the Eure department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Clef-Vallée-d'Eure.Écardenville-sur-Eure *

Fontaine-Bellenger Fontaine-Bellenger () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Eure department The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France ...

* Fontaine-Heudebourg * Heudreville-sur-Eure * Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon *

Saint-Étienne-sous-Bailleul Saint-Étienne-sous-Bailleul () is a Communes of France, commune in the Eure Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northern France. Population See also *Communes of th ...

* Saint-Julien-de-la-Liègue * Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul *

Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Eure department The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France Fra ...

* Sainte-Barbe-sur-Gaillon * Tosny * Venables * Vieux-Villez * Villers-sur-le-Roule

History

Composition

Demography

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