Country France Department Somme Seat Oisemont Commune 31 | Region Picardy Arrondissement Abbeville Communes 31 | |
The Canton of Oisemont is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardy region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 31 communes, which joined the canton of Poix-de-Picardie in 2015.
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Geography
The canton is organised around the commune of Oisemont in the arrondissement of Abbeville (arrondissement of Amiens before 2009). The altitude varies from 48m at Heucourt-Croquoison to 204m at Neuville-Coppegueule for an average of 118m. The canton's economy is almost entirely agricultural, only the chef-lieu having a population in excess of 1000.
Composition
The canton of Oisemont comprised 31 mostly very small communes and a total of 5,957 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).