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|name=Canton of Rosières-en-Santerre
|reg=Picardie
|dept=Somme
|arr= Montdidier
|chieftown=Rosières-en-Santerre
|numcomm=20
|cancode=80 37
|pop=8355
|year=1999
|area=130.33
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|disbanded = 2015
}}The Canton of Rosières-en-Santerre 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. Geography The canton is organised around the commune of Rosières-en-Santerre in the arrondissement of Montdidier. The altitude varies from 52m (Guillaucourt) to 106m (Bouchoir) for an average of 91m. CompositionThe canton of Rosières-en-Santerre comprises 20 communes and a total of 8,355 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting). Demographic Composition| Commune | Population | Post Code | INSEE Code |
|---|
| Bayonvillers | 345 | 80170 | 80058 | | Beaufort-en-Santerre | 138 | 80170 | 80067 | | Bouchoir | 226 | 80910 | 80116 | | Caix | 658 | 80170 | 80162 | | La Chavatte | 39 | 80700 | 80189 | | Chilly | 166 | 80170 | 80191 | | Folies | 86 | 80170 | 80320 | | Fouquescourt | 127 | 80170 | 80339 | | Fransart | 121 | 80700 | 80347 | | Guillaucourt | 305 | 80170 | 80400 | | Hallu | 154 | 80320 | 80409 | | Harbonnières | 1305 | 80131 | 80417 | | Maucourt | 152 | 80170 | 80520 | | Méharicourt | 538 | 80170 | 80524 | | Parvillers-le-Quesnoy | 221 | 80700 | 80617 | | Punchy | 65 | 80320 | 80646 | | Rosières-en-Santerre | 2956 | 80170 | 80680 | | Rouvroy-en-Santerre | 218 | 80170 | 80682 | | Vrély | 431 | 80170 | 80814 | | Warvillers | 104 | 80170 | 80823 | Population Population Growth| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
|---|
| 7643 | 8159 | 8051 | 7963 | 8111 | 8355 | | Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting | See also- Somme
- Arrondissements of the Somme department
- Cantons of the Somme department
- Communes of the Somme department
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070629120003/http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=P Le canton de Rosières-en-Santerre on the Insee website] {{fr icon}}
Notes- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 20th, 2008.
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