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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 Saint-Firmin 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 8 communes, which joined the

canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur The Canton in France, canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur is an administrative division in southeastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 16 to 27 Communes of France, com ...

in 2015.Décret n° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes
/ref> It had 1,625 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, ...

: *

Aspres-lès-Corps Aspres-lès-Corps is a commune of 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 France. The com ...

Chauffayer Chauffayer (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Chaufaier'') is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Aubessagne.Le Glaizil Le Glaizil (; oc, Lo Glaisiu) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is famous for hosting the ruins of the castle of the Duke of Lesdiguières, Constable of France in the 17th century. Population Gallery F ...

La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography Climate La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb''). The average annual temperature ...

* Saint-Firmin *

Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Jaume en Gaudemar'') 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 com ...

* Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard *

Villar-Loubière Villar-Loubière (; oc, Vilard Lobiera) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography Climate Villar-Loubière has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb''). The average annual temperatu ...

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