Canton of Poncin
# Canton of Poncin

The canton of Poncin is a former administrative division in eastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 9 communes, which joined the canton of Pont-d'Ain in 2015. It had 7,227 inhabitants (2012).

The canton comprised 9 communes:

* Boyeux-Saint-Jérôme
* Cerdon
* Challes-la-Montagne
* Jujurieux
* Labalme
* Mérignat
* Poncin
* Saint-Alban
* Saint-Jean-le-Vieux

## Demographics

Historical population of Canton of Poncin (Source: INSEE) :

| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Population | 5 017 | 5 299 | 4 914 | 5 070 | 5 538 | 6 041 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |||||||
