Canton of Ars-en-Ré
| Former canton of Ars-en-Ré |
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| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| main place | Ars-en-Ré |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 4,527 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 108 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 41.76 km² |
| Communities | 5 |
| INSEE code | 1703 |
 Location of the canton of Ars-en-Ré in the Charente-Maritime department |
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The canton of Ars-en-Ré was 2015 a French canton in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the former region Poitou-Charentes . It included five parishes in the arrondissement of La Rochelle ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Ars-en-Ré . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. Lionel Quillet was last representative in the conseil général des Départements for the years 2008–2015.
geography
The geographic height of the canton varied between 0 m near Ars-en-Ré and 18 m near Saint-Clément-des-Baleines . The mean value was 4 m . The area of the canton was 41.76 km 2 .
Communities
The canton of Ars-en-Ré united five municipalities and last had 4,527 inhabitants.
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ars-en-Ré | 1307 | 17590 | 17019 |
| La Couarde-sur-Mer | 1206 | 17670 | 17121 |
| Loix | 729 | 17111 | 17207 |
| Les Portes-en-Ré | 606 | 17880 | 17286 |
| Saint-Clément-des-Baleines | 644 | 17590 | 17318 |