The Canton of Gaillon-Campagne is a former
French canton
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements.
Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the ...
located in the
Eure department in the former
region
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of
Upper Normandy
Upper Normandy (french: Haute-Normandie, ; nrf, Ĥâote-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy.
History
It was created in 1956 from two d ...
(now part of
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
). It had 14,587 inhabitants (2012).
[Populations légales 2012: 27 Eure]
INSEE It was established in 1985 as a part of the
canton of Gaillon. Its seat was the town
Gaillon
Gaillon () is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.
History
The origins of Gaillon are not really known. In 892, Rollo, a Viking chief, might have ravaged Gaillon and the region, before he became the first prince of the Normans an ...
, itself not part of the canton.
[Décret n°85-145 du 31 janvier 1985](_blank)
modifying and creating cantons in the department of Eure, in ''Journal officiel de la République française'', 1 February 1985, p. 1380
History
Composition
The canton comprised the following
communes
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:
[
* Ailly
*]Autheuil-Authouillet
Autheuil-Authouillet () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. It was the home of Simone Signoret and Yves Montand
Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italia ...
* Bernieres-sur-Seine
*Cailly-sur-Eure
Cailly-sur-Eure (, literally ''Cailly on Eure'') is a commune in the Eure department and Normandy region of France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises o ...
*Champenard
Champenard () is a commune in the Eure department and Normandy region of northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Eure department
The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France.
The communes coo ...
*La Croix-Saint-Leufroy
La Croix-Saint-Leufroy is a former commune in the Eure department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Clef-Vallée-d'Eure.Écardenville-sur-Eure
Écardenville-sur-Eure is a former commune in the Eure department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Clef-Vallée-d'Eure
Clef-Vallée-d'Eure is a commune in the department of Eure, northern France. Th ...
*Fontaine-Bellenger
Fontaine-Bellenger () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regi ...
*Fontaine-Heudebourg
Fontaine-Heudebourg is a former commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Clef-Vallée-d'Eure
Clef-Vallée-d'Eure is a commune in the department of Eure, ...
* Heudreville-sur-Eure
*Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon
Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon (, literally ''Saint-Aubin on Gaillon'') is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It ...
* Saint-Étienne-sous-Bailleul
* Saint-Julien-de-la-Liègue
* Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul
*Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne
Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions an ...
* Sainte-Barbe-sur-Gaillon
* Tosny
* Venables
* Vieux-Villez
* Villers-sur-le-Roule
Demography
References
See also
* Cantons of the Eure department
The following is a list of the 23 cantons of the Eure department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
* Les Andelys
* Bernay
* Beuzeville
* Bourg-Achard
* Breteuil
* Brionne
* Conches-en-Ou ...
Former cantons of Eure
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