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Canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire

The canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire () is a former French canton located in the department of Meuse in the Lorraine region (now part of Grand Est). This canton was organized around Pierrefitte-sur-Aire in the arrondissement of Commercy. It is now part of the canton of Dieue-sur-Meuse.

The last general councillor from this canton was Christian Namy (DVD), elected in 1985.

History

The canton of Pierrefitte was part of the district of Saint-Mihiel, created by the decree of 30 January 1790.

After the abolition of the districts in 1795, the canton became part of the arrondissement of Commercy when it was created in 1801.

In 1924, following the renaming of the main town of Pierrefitte to Pierrefitte-sur-Aire, the canton also changed its name to become the canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire.

Following the cantonal reorganization of 2014, the canton was abolished. All the communes were integrated into the canton of Dieue-sur-Meuse.

Composition

The canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire grouped together 26 municipalities and had 3,565 inhabitants (2012 census without double counts).

  1. Bannoncourt
  2. Baudrémont
  3. Belrain
  4. Bouquemont
  5. Courcelles-en-Barrois
  6. Courouvre
  7. Dompcevrin
  8. Fresnes-au-Mont
  9. Gimécourt
  10. Kœur-la-Grande
  11. Kœur-la-Petite
  12. Lahaymeix
  13. Lavallée
  14. Levoncourt
  15. Lignières-sur-Aire
  16. Longchamps-sur-Aire
  17. Ménil-aux-Bois
  18. Neuville-en-Verdunois
  19. Nicey-sur-Aire
  20. Pierrefitte-sur-Aire
  21. Rupt-devant-Saint-Mihiel
  22. Sampigny
  23. Thillombois
  24. Ville-devant-Belrain
  25. Villotte-sur-Aire
  26. Woimbey

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