title: Canton of Clères
text: # Canton of Clères
  
  The Canton of Clères is a former canton situated in the Seine-Maritime département and in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had a total of 22,992 inhabitants (2012).
  
  ## Geography
  
  An area of farmland and forests in the arrondissement of Rouen, centred on the town of Clères. The altitude varies from 42m (Montville) to 186 m (Le Bocasse) with an average altitude of 147m.
  
  The canton comprised 22 communes:
  
  * Anceaumeville
  * Authieux-Ratiéville
  * Le Bocasse
  * Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien
  * Cailly
  * Claville-Motteville
  * Clères
  * Eslettes
  * Esteville
  * Fontaine-le-Bourg
  * Frichemesnil
  * Grugny
  * La Houssaye-Béranger
  * Mont-Cauvaire
  * Montville
  * Quincampoix
  * La Rue-Saint-Pierre
  * Saint-André-sur-Cailly
  * Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine
  * Saint-Germain-sous-Cailly
  * Sierville
  * Yquebeuf
  
  ## Population
  
  Historical population of Canton of Clères (Source: INSEE) :
  
  | Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Population | 13236 | 14237 | 15224 | 17757 | 19244 | 21068 |
  | From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |||||||
  