Canton of Bar-le-Duc-2
| Canton of Bar-le-Duc-2 | |
|---|---|
| region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Bar-le-Duc |
| main place | Bar-le-Duc |
| Residents | 11,287 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Communities | 5 |
| INSEE code | 5503 |
 Location of the canton of Bar-le-Duc-2 in the Meuse department |
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The canton of Bar-le-Duc-2 is a French constituency in the Bar-le-Duc arrondissement , in the Meuse department and in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until the end of 2015 ). The main town of the canton is the municipality of Bar-le-Duc .
history
The canton was created when the French cantons were redistributed in 2015. Its communes come from the previous cantons of Vavincourt (3 communes) and Bar-le-Duc-Nord (1 commune).
location
The canton is located in the southwest of the Meuse department.
Communities
The canton consists of four municipalities and part of the city of Bar-le-Duc with a total of 11,287 inhabitants (as of 2017):
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar-le-Duc | 14,985 | 23.62 | 634 | 55029 | 55000 |
| Behave | 609 | 9.17 | 66 | 55041 | 55000 |
| Chardogne | 304 | 12.82 | 24 | 55101 | 55000 |
| Fains-Véel | 2.140 | 18.30 | 117 | 55186 | 55000 |
| Vavincourt | 514 | 15.93 | 32 | 55541 | 55000 |
| Canton of Bar-le-Duc-2 | 11,287 | - | - | 5503 | - |
Note: for the city of Bar-le-Duc the total area and total number of inhabitants are given
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the five voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the team Gérard Abbas / Martine Joly (both UD) won against Mireille Goeder / Jean-Claude Salziger (both PS ) with a share of the vote of 53.67% (turnout: 46.12%).
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 2015– | Gérard Abbas Martine Joly |
Union de la droite |
Individual evidence