The Canton of Conty is a canton

Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

 situated in the department of the Somme

Somme

Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....

 and in the Picardie

Picardie

Picardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...

 region

Régions of France

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 of northern France

France

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.

Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Conty

Conty

Conty is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Origin of the name:Conty comes from cond...

 in the arrondissement of Amiens

Arrondissement of Amiens

The arrondissement of Amiens is an arrondissement of France, located in the Somme département, in the Picardie région. It has 21 cantons and 312 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Amiens are:# Acheux-en-Amiénois...

. The altitude varies from 36m at Bacouel-sur-Selle

Bacouel-sur-Selle

Bacouel-sur-Selle is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Situated southwest of Amiens, on the banks of the Selle river, a couple of kilometres from the A16 autoroute junction with the A29.-Population:...

 to 194m at Belleuse

Belleuse

Belleuse is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Belleuse is situated on the D8 road, some southwest of Amiens.-Population:-External links:* *...

 for an average of 83m.

Composition

The canton of Conty comprises 23 communes

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 and a total of 8918 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

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Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Bacouel-sur-Selle Bacouel-sur-Selle Bacouel-sur-Selle is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Situated southwest of Amiens, on the banks of the Selle river, a couple of kilometres from the A16 autoroute junction with the A29.-Population:...	574	80480	80050
Belleuse Belleuse Belleuse is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Belleuse is situated on the D8 road, some southwest of Amiens.-Population:-External links:* *...	280	80160	80079
Bosquel Bosquel Bosquel is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Bosquel is situated on the D920 road, less than a mile from the A16 autoroute, some south of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	293	80160	80114
Brassy	51	80160	80134
Contre Contre Contre is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Contre is situated on the D242 road, some southwest of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	91	80160	80210
Conty Conty Conty is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Origin of the name:Conty comes from cond...	1659	80160	80211
Courcelles-sous-Thoix Courcelles-sous-Thoix Courcelles-sous-Thoix is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D100 road, some southwest of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	55	80160	80219
Essertaux Essertaux Essertaux is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Essertaux is situated on the junction of the A16 autoroute, the N1 and the D920 roads, some south of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	199	80160	80285
Fleury Fleury, Somme Fleury is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Fleury is situated on the D920 road, on the banks of the river Selle, some southwest of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	200	80160	80317
Fossemanant Fossemanant Fossemanant is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Fossemanant is situated on the D8 road, some southwest of Amiens on the banks of the river Selle, a small tributary of the river Somme.-Population:...	110	80160	80334
Frémontiers Frémontiers Frémontiers is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated 15 miles southwest of Amiens on the junction of the D138 and D920 roads-Population:-External links:*...	180	80160	80352
Loeuilly Loeuilly Loeuilly is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Loeuilly is situated on the D8 road, some southwest of Amiens, on the banks of a tributary of the Somme river, the river Selle, which splits here into streams and forms many lakes.The commune is subject to...	809	80160	80485
Monsures Monsures Monsures is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Monsures is situated on the D210 and the D109 roads, some south of Amiens, in the southernmost point of the département, in the valley of the Selle river and surrounded by woods and forests...	203	80160	80558
Namps-Maisnil Namps-Maisnil Namps-Maisnil is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:A commune created by the amalgamation, in 1972, of the four old communes of Namps-au-Mont, Namps-au-Val, Rumaisnil and Taisnil...	1002	80290	80582
Nampty Nampty Nampty is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Nampty is situated on the D8 road, on the banks of the river Selle, some south of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	205	80160	80583
Neuville-lès-Loeuilly Neuville-lès-Loeuilly Neuville-lès-Loeuilly is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D61 road, some southwest of Amiens, on the banks of the river Selle.-Population:-External links:*...	102	80160	80594
Oresmaux Oresmaux Oresmaux is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...	759	80160	80611
Plachy-Buyon Plachy-Buyon Plachy-Buyon is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D8 road, some south of Amiens, in the valley of the Selle river, a tributary of the Somme...	929	80160	80627
Prouzel Prouzel Prouzel is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Prouzel is situated on the D8b road, some 7 miles southwest of Amiens, near the banks of the river Selle.-Population:-Places of interest:...	503	80160	80643
Sentelie Sentelie Sentelie is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-Places of interest:* The 15th / sixteenth century church of Saint Nicolas.* The fifteenth century chapel of Saint Lambert, once a place of pilgrimage....	215	80160	80734
Thoix Thoix Thoix is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Thoix is situated southwest of Amiens, on the D100 road...	144	80160	80757
Tilloy-lès-Conty Tilloy-lès-Conty Tilloy-lès-Conty is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated south southwest of Amiens, on the D8e road-Population:-Château de Tilloy-lès-Conty:...	228	80160	80761
Velennes Velennes, Somme Velennes is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...	127	80160	80786

Population

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1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
6617	7112	7026	7661	8266	8918
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting Population without double counting Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase Population sans doubles comptes.In France, for the purposes of the census, the INSEE has defined several population indicators that allow people who live in more than one place to be counted in each place, to study and keep...

See also

• Somme
  Somme
  Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
  
  
• Arrondissements of the Somme department
• Cantons of the Somme department
• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Le canton de Conty on the Insee website