The Canton of Villers-Bocage is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 12,696 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme, INSEE
Geography The canton is organised around the commune of Villers-Bocage in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 20 m (Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée) to 154 m (Talmas) for an average of 92 m.
The canton comprised 24 communes:
Bavelincourt Beaucourt-sur-l'Hallue Béhencourt Bertangles Cardonnette Coisy Contay Flesselles Fréchencourt Mirvaux Molliens-au-Bois Montigny-sur-l'Hallue Montonvillers Pierregot Pont-Noyelles Querrieu Rainneville Rubempré Saint-Gratien Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée Talmas Vadencourt Vaux-en-Amiénois Villers-Bocage
Population Population Growth 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 61396742788999421197312386 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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