Canton of Walnut tree-on-Jabron

The canton of Walnut tree-on-Jabron is a administrative division French located in the department of the Alp-of-High-Provence and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure.

Geography

This canton is organized around Walnut tree-on-Jabron in the Arrondissement of Forcalquier. Its altitude varies from 485 m (Bevons) with 1 825 m (Walnut tree-on-Jabron) for an average altitude of 627 Mr.

History

Famous for the defeat which holy Bevons inflicted, native of the place, with an army sarrasine which had been cut off from the rock from Peyrimpi (impious stone) to the 10th century. Seigniory of Agoult to the 14th century, then of Garret and Clermont. In 1516, an obscure quarrel of demarcation opposed the populations of Ribiers and of Walnut trees, degenerated into bloody scuffle and gave place to an interminable lawsuit. The old parish of Jarjayes was plain in Noyers in 1832. 1.177 inhabitants in 1851.

Administration

Composition

The canton of Walnut tree-on-Jabron group 7 common and counts 1 099 inhabitants (census of 1999 without double accounts).

|- | Bevons || align=" right" | 132 || align=" right" | 04200 || align=" right" | 04027 |- | Châteauneuf-Miravail || align=" right" | 68 || align=" right" | 04200 || align=" right" | 04051 |- | Curel || align=" right" | 57 || align=" right" | 04200 || align=" right" | 04067 |- | Walnut tree-on-Jabron || align=" right" | 337 || align=" right" | 04200 || align=" right" | 04139 |- | Omergues || align=" right" | 99 || align=" right" | 04200 || align=" right" | 04140 |- | Saint-Vincent-on-Jabron || align=" right" | 192 || align=" right" | 04200 || align=" right" | 04199 |- | Valbelle || align=" right" | 214 || align=" right" | 04200 || align=" right" | 04229 |}

Demography

See too

Alp-of-High-Provence
Districts of Alp-of-High-Provence
Cantons of Alp-of-High-Provence
Common of Alp-of-High-Provence
List of the general advisers of Alp-of-High-Provence

External bonds

the canton of Walnut tree-on-Jabron on the site of plane INSEE
of the canton of Walnut tree-on-Jabron on Mapquest
Localization of the canton of Walnut tree-on-Jabron on a chart of France

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