The Canton of Conty 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 23 communes, which joined the canton of Ailly-sur-Noye in 2015. It had 9,237 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme, INSEE
Geography The canton is organised around the commune of Conty in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 36m at Bacouel-sur-Selle to 194m at Belleuse for an average of 83m.
The canton comprised 23 communes:
Bacouel-sur-Selle Belleuse Bosquel Brassy Contre Conty Courcelles-sous-Thoix Essertaux Fleury Fossemanant Frémontiers Lœuilly Monsures Namps-Maisnil Nampty Neuville-lès-Lœuilly Oresmaux Plachy-Buyon Prouzel Sentelie Thoix Tilloy-lès-Conty Velennes
Population 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 661771127026766182668918 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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