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canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

of Orpierre is a former administrative division in southeastern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 7 communes, which joined the

canton of Serres The Canton in France, canton of Serres is an administrative division in southeastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 12 to 41 Communes of France, communes (6 of which m ...

in 2015.Décret n° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes
/ref> It had 1,096 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 05 Hautes-Alpes
INSEE The canton comprised the following

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

: * Étoile-Saint-Cyrice *

Lagrand Lagrand () is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Garde-Colombe.Nossage-et-Bénévent Nossage-et-Bénévent (; oc, Nossatge e Benevent) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alp ...

Orpierre Orpierre (; oc, Aurpèira) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. The village has multiple venues for sport climbing nearby; one is directly to the north of the village. Po ...

* Sainte-Colombe * Saléon *

Trescléoux Trescléoux (; oc, Trescleus) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of F ...

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Former cantons of Hautes-Alpes 2015 disestablishments in France States and territories disestablished in 2015 {{HautesAlpes-geo-stub