Canton of Bécherel
| Former Canton of Bécherel |
|
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Rennes |
| main place | Bécherel |
| Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 11,592 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 96 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 121.22 km² |
| Communities | 10 |
| INSEE code | 3504 |
The canton of Bécherel was a French canton in the Arrondissement Rennes , in the Département Ille-et-Vilaine and in the region of Brittany until 2015 ; its main town was Bécherel .
history
The canton was created on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, ten municipalities belonged to the canton of Bécherel. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015 and the communes moved to other cantons.
location
The canton was in the west of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.
Location of the canton of Bécherel within Brittany
Location of the canton of Bécherel within the Ille-et-Vilaine department
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Communities
The canton of Bécherel consisted of ten municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bécherel | Begerel | 669 | 0.57 | 35190 | 35022 |
| Cardroc | Kerdreg | 574 | 7.39 | 35190 | 35050 |
| La Chapelle-Chaussée | Chapel-ar-Galc'hed | 1,271 | 14.76 | 35630 | 35058 |
| Irodouër | Irodouer | 2,262 | 23.54 | 35850 | 35135 |
| Les Iffs | To Ivineg | 272 | 4.52 | 35630 | 35134 |
| Langan | Langan | 979 | 7.80 | 35850 | 35144 |
| Miniac-sous-Bécherel | Minieg-Begerel | 774 | 13.55 | 35190 | 35180 |
| Romillé | Rovelieg | 3,905 | 28.67 | 35850 | 35245 |
| Saint-Brieuc-des-Iffs | Sant-Brieg-an-Ivineg | 340 | 8.29 | 35630 | 35258 |
| Saint-Pern | Sant-Pern | 1,033 | 12.13 | 35190 | 35307 |
| Canton | Begerel | 11,592 | 121.22 | - | 3504 |
Population development of the canton
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,349 | 7,030 | 6,732 | 7,333 | 7,862 | 8,536 | 10,277 | 11,592 |
politics
Until its dissolution, the canton had the following members in the Council of the Départements:
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1945-1949 | Pierre Busnel | MRP |
| 1949-1992 | Louis de La Forest | CNIP |
| 1992-2015 | Marie-Hélène Daucé | UDF - UDI |