title: Canton of Poncin
text: # 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. |||||||
  