The Canton of Gaillon-Campagne is a former

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located in the Eure department in the former

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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

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). 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
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

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: * Ailly *

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* Bernieres-sur-Seine *

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* Heudreville-sur-Eure *

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* Saint-Étienne-sous-Bailleul * Saint-Julien-de-la-Liègue * Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul *

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* Sainte-Barbe-sur-Gaillon * Tosny * Venables * Vieux-Villez * Villers-sur-le-Roule

History

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