title: Canton of Pont-de-Veyle
text: # Canton of Pont-de-Veyle
  
  The canton of Pont-de-Veyle 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 12 communes, which joined the new canton of Vonnas in 2015. It had 13,162 inhabitants (2012).
  
  The canton comprised 12 communes:
  
  * Bey
  * Cormoranche-sur-Saône
  * Crottet
  * Cruzilles-lès-Mépillat
  * Grièges
  * Laiz
  * Perrex
  * Pont-de-Veyle
  * Saint-André-d'Huiriat
  * Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon
  * Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon
  * Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Historical population of Canton of Pont-de-Veyle (Source: INSEE) :
  
  | Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Population | 6 896 | 7 335 | 7 766 | 8 808 | 10 276 | 11 079 |
  | From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |||||||
  