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Canton of Barcelonnette

Canton de Barcelonnette
French canton
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Barcelonnette
Seat Barcelonnette
Communes 14
Area¹
 • Total 1,027.73 km2 (396.81 sq mi)
Population (2012)
 • Total 8,021
 • Density 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Cantonal code 04 01
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Barcelonnette is an administrative division in southeastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 11 to 16 communes (4 of which merged into the new communes Val-d'Oronaye and Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon):

Coordinates: 44°23′12″N 6°39′11″E / 44.38667°N 6.65306°E / 44.38667; 6.65306


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