The Canton of Nouvion is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the former Picardy region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 17 communes, which joined the canton of Abbeville-1 in 2015. It had 8,301 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme, INSEE
Geography The canton is organised around the commune of Nouvion in the arrondissement of Abbeville. The altitude varies from 0 m at Noyelles-sur-Mer to 102 m at Gapennes for an average of 35 m.
The canton comprised 17 communes:
Agenvillers Buigny-Saint-Maclou Canchy Domvast Forest-l'Abbaye Forest-Montiers Gapennes Hautvillers-Ouville Lamotte-Buleux Millencourt-en-Ponthieu Neuilly-l'Hôpital Nouvion Noyelles-sur-Mer Ponthoile Port-le-Grand Sailly-Flibeaucourt Le Titre
Population 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 713275117270738476107452 Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting
See also Arrondissements of the Somme department Cantons of the Somme department Communes of the Somme department
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