Canton of Aubusson

Canton of Aubusson
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
main place	Aubusson
Establishment date	February 15, 1790
Residents	9,161 (Jan 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km²
surface	363.93 km²
Communities	21st
INSEE code	2302
Location of the canton of Aubusson in the Creuse department

The Canton Aubusson (in Occitan Canton Le bucon or Canton Au bucon ) is a French administrative unit in the Arrondissement Aubusson in Creuse in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; its main town is Aubusson .

location

The canton is located in the southeast of the Creuse department.

history

The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, ten parishes belonged to the canton of Aubusson. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, a further eleven municipalities from other cantons moved to the canton of Aubusson. These come from the cantons of Bellegarde-en-Marche (9 communes), Chénérailles (1 commune) and Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs (1 commune).

Communities

The reorganized canton has (2017) 9,161 inhabitants in 21 municipalities. They are:

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Alleyrat	143	9.54	15th	23003	23200
Aubusson	3,366	19.21	175	23008	23200
Bellegarde-en-Marche	409	3.14	130	23020	23190
Blessac	533	17.75	30th	23024	23200
Bosroger	110	7.56	15th	23028	23200
Champagnat	467	28.82	16	23048	23190
La Chaussade	107	7.19	15th	23059	23200
La Serre-Bussière-Vieille	122	14.41	8th	23172	23190
Lupersat	302	32.64	9	23113	23190
Mainsat	564	34.81	16	23116	23700
Tolls	210	22.67	9	23127	23190
Neoux	287	23.81	12	23142	23200
Saint Alpinien	273	15.21	18th	23179	23200
Saint-Amand	493	8.05	61	23180	23200
Saint-Avit-de-Tardes	173	14.42	12	23182	23200
Saint Domet	176	15.33	11	23190	23190
Saint-Maixant	243	13.86	18th	23210	23200
Saint-Marc-à-Frongier	425	25.45	17th	23211	23200
Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf	192	7.51	26th	23228	23200
Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde	211	20.85	10	23241	23190
Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs	355	21.70	16	23246	23480
Canton of Aubusson	9,161	363.93	25th	2302	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Aubusson included the ten communes Alleyrat , Aubusson , Blessac , Néoux , Saint-Alpinien , Saint-Amand , Saint-Avit-de-Tardes , Saint-Maixant , and Saint-Marc-à -Frongier and Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​154.81 km ² .

Population development of the old canton up to 2015

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
8,138	8,638	8,749	8,320	7,972	7,407	6,971	6,433

politics

In the runoff election for the General Council of the Creuse Department on March 29, 2015, the team Jean-Baptiste Dumontant / Nicole Pallier (PS) won against Christine Chagot / Jean-Marie Massias (DVD) with a share of the vote of 54.33% (voter turnout: 60, 45%).

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1980-1998	Jean Mazetier	UDF / Parti républicain
1998-2004	Jacqueline Defemme-Verdier	PS
2004-2011	Michel Moine	PS
2011-2015	Jean-Marie Massias	DVD
2015–	Jean-Baptiste Dumontant Nicole Pallier	PS

Individual evidence

1. ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
2. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Creuse department, Article 3
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots