title: Canton of Gonfreville-l'Orcher
text: # Canton of Gonfreville-l'Orcher
  
  The Canton of Gonfreville-l'Orcher 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 20,031 inhabitants (2012).
  
  ## Geography
  
  An area of light industry, oil refineries and some farming, in the arrondissement of Le Havre, centred on the town of Gonfreville-l'Orcher. The altitude varies from 0m (Gonfreville-l'Orcher) to 107m (Gainneville) for an average altitude of 79m.
  
  The canton comprised 3 communes:
  
  * Gainneville
  * Gonfreville-l'Orcher
  * Harfleur
  
  ## Population
  
  Historical population of Canton of Gonfreville-l'Orcher (Source: INSEE) :
  
  | Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Population | 18282 | 19578 | 21429 | 21637 | 21601 | 20825 |
  | From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |||||||
  