Canton of Ambrières-les-Vallées
| Former canton of Ambrières-les-Vallées |
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|---|---|
| region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Mayenne |
| Arrondissement | Mayenne |
| main place | Ambrières-les-Vallées |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 5,358 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 43 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 125.78 km² |
| Communities | 7th |
| INSEE code | 5301 |
The canton of Ambrières-les-Vallées was a French canton in the arrondissement Mayenne , in the department of Mayenne and in the region of Pays de la Loire until 2015 ; its capital was Ambrières-les-Vallées . Guy Ménard ( DVD ) was the last representative in the General Council of the Département from 2011 to 2015 .
geography
The canton of Ambrières-les-Vallées was on average 121 meters above sea level; between 87 meters in La Haie-Traversaine and 285 meters in Chantrigné.
It lay in the north of the Mayenne department and bordered the Orne department in the north, the canton Lassay-les-Châteaux in the north-east, the cantons Le Horps and Mayenne-Est in the south-east, the canton Mayenne-Ouest in the south-west and the west to the Canton of Gorron.
Communities
The canton consisted of seven municipalities:
| local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrières-les-Vallées | 2,784 (2013) | 38.78 | 72 inhabitants / km² | 53003 | 53300 |
| Chantrigné | 608 (2013) | 18.62 | 33 inhabitants / km² | 53055 | 53300 |
| Couesmes-Vaucé | 396 (2013) | 19.13 | 21 inhabitants / km² | 53079 | 53300 |
| La Haie-Traversaine | 485 (2013) | 10.70 | 45 inhabitants / km² | 53111 | 53300 |
| Le Pas | 529 (2013) | 21.90 | 24 inhabitants / km² | 53176 | 53300 |
| Saint Loup you guest | 359 (2013) | 9.98 | 36 inhabitants / km² | 53234 | 53300 |
| Soucé | 172 (2013) | 6.67 | 26 inhabitants / km² | 53261 | 53300 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,594 | 5,569 | 5,403 | 5,229 | 5,336 | 5,294 | 5,318 | 5,356 |
history
The canton was created in 1801 from the amalgamation of communes that until then belonged to the cantons of Ambrières (today Ambrières-les-Vallées), Chantrigné and Fraimbault-sur-Pisse (today Saint-Fraimbault-sur-Pisse). In 1831 the municipality of Saint-Fraimbault-sur-Pisse moved to the Orne department. In its current composition, the canton has only existed since 1972, since the municipality of La Haie-Traversaine was part of the canton of Mayenne-Ouest until that year.