The Canton of Boves 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 had 20,790 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme, INSEE
Geography The canton is organised around the commune of Boves in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 21m at Glisy to 137m at Saint-Sauflieu for an average of 73m.
The canton comprised 23 communes:
Blangy-Tronville Boves Cachy Cottenchy Dommartin Dury Estrées-sur-Noye Fouencamps Gentelles Glisy Grattepanche Guyencourt-sur-Noye Hailles Hébécourt Remiencourt Rumigny Sains-en-Amiénois Saint-Fuscien Saint-Sauflieu Saleux Salouël Thézy-Glimont Vers-sur-Selles
Population 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 110181270315271179881937019598 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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