Canton of Ancenis
| Canton of Ancenis | |
|---|---|
| region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
| main place | Ancenis-Saint-Géréon |
| Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
| Residents | 45,821 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 77 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 595.14 km² |
| Communities | 12 |
| INSEE code | 4401 |
 Location of the canton of Ancenis in the Loire-Atlantique department |
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The canton Ancenis (Breton Canton Ankiniz ) is a French canton in the Arrondissement Châteaubriant-Ancenis in the Loire-Atlantique and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main place is Ancenis-Saint-Géréon .
history
The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 1950 seven municipalities belonged to the canton of Ancenis. On August 8, 1950, part of the previous municipality of Saint-Herblon separated and became the new municipality of La Roche-Blanche. Thus, by 2015, eight municipalities belonged to the canton of Ancenis. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 22. All 6 communes of the previous canton of Saint-Mars-la-Jaille , all 6 communes of the previous canton of Varades , the commune of Couffé came out of the communes of the old canton of Ancenis the canton of Ligné and the municipality of Pannecé from the canton of Riaillé .
location
The canton is located in the east of the Loire-Atlantique department.
Communities
After the municipal mergers, the canton of Ancenis comprises twelve municipalities:
| local community | Gallo | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancenis-Saint-Géréon | Anczeniz | Ankiniz | 10,802 | 27.58 | 44150 | 44003 |
| Couffé | Cófaé | Koufeg | 2,563 | 39.97 | 44521 | 44048 |
| La Roche-Blanche | La Roch-Blaunch | Ar Roc'h-Wenn | 1,194 | 14.82 | 44522 | 44222 |
| Le pin | Le Pein | Ar Bineg | 754 | 24.95 | 44540 | 44124 |
| Loireauxence | ? | ? | 7,522 | 118.28 | 44370 | 44213 |
| Mésanger | Mezanjaer | Mezansker | 4,687 | 49.75 | 44522 | 44096 |
| Montrelais | Monterlaè | Mousterlez | 852 | 13.73 | 44370 | 44104 |
| Oudon | Oudon | Oudon | 3,805 | 22.12 | 44521 | 44115 |
| Pannecé | Paneczaé | Panezeg | 1,364 | 30.59 | 44440 | 44118 |
| Pouillé-les-Côteaux | - | Paolig-Ar-Rozioù | 1,051 | 11.72 | 44522 | 44134 |
| Vair-sur-Loire | Asnèt & Saent-Èrbelon | Gwer-Liger | 4,671 | 51.73 | 44150 | 44163 |
| Vallons-de-l'Erdre | - | - | 6,556 | 189.90 | 44540, 49440 | 44180 |
| Canton of Ancenis | Anczeniz | Ankiniz | 45,821 | 595.14 | - | 4401 |
The old canton of Ancenis comprised eight municipalities over an area of 177.72 km². These were: Ancenis (main town), Anetz , Mésanger , Oudon , Pouillé-les-Côteaux , La Roche-Blanche , Saint-Géréon and Saint-Herblon . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 4402.
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2019:
- Merger of Ancenis and Saint-Géréon → Ancenis-Saint-Géréon
2018:
- Merger of Bonnœuvre , Freigné ( Maine-et-Loire ) , Maumusson , Saint-Mars-la-Jaille and Vritz → Vallons-de-l'Erdre
2016:
- Merger of Le Fresne-sur-Loire and Ingrandes ( Maine-et-Loire department ) → Ingrandes-Le Fresne sur Loire (Maine-et-Loire department)
- Fusion of Belligné , La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur , La Rouxière and Varades → Loireauxence
- Merger of Anetz and Saint-Herblon → Vair-sur-Loire
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,673 | 13,869 | 16,353 | 18,581 | 19,487 | 19,993 | 22,370 | 24,313 | 24,644 | 24,945 | 25.102 |
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the three voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Claude Gauthier / Nadine You (both DVDs) won against Monique Goiset-Voisine / Jean-Yves Ploteau (both PS ) with a share of the vote of 55.82% (turnout: 52.07%) .
Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1945–1957 | Henry Pantin de Landemont | RPF , then DVD |
| 1957-1961 | M. Vincent | DVD |
| 1961-1970 | Maurice Moutel | MRP , then Center démocrate |
| 1970-1973 | Maurice Gélineau | independent |
| 1973-1979 | M. Rousseau | independent |
| 1979-2004 | Edouard Landrain | DVD , then UDF |
| 2004-2015 | Jean-Michel Tobie | UDF , then MoDem |
| 2015– | Claude Gauthier Nadine You |
DVD |
Individual evidence
- ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department, Article 2
- ↑ Municipalities in the Loire-Atlantique département ( Memento des Originals of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the two ballots
