Canton of Besançon-1

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Canton of Besançon-1
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Besançon
main place Besançon
Residents 30,262 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Communities 7th
INSEE code 2504

Location of the canton Besançon-1 in
the Doubs department

The Canton Besancon-1 is a French constituency in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It covers part of the city of Besançon and six other municipalities in the arrondissement of Besançon . During the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was newly created in 2015 with Besançon as the main town (French:  bureau centralisateur ).

Communities

The canton consists of seven municipalities and parts of the municipality with 30,262 inhabitants (as of 2017):

local community Residents
January 1, 2017
Area
km²
Density of
population / km²
Code
INSEE
Post Code
Avanne-Aveney 000000000002255.00000000002,255 8.62 000000000000262.0000000000262 25036 25720
Besançon 000000000115934.0000000000115.934 65.05 000000000001782.00000000001,782 25056 25,000
Chemaudin and Vaux 000000000001937.00000000001.937 12.44 000000000000156.0000000000156 25147 25320, 25770
Dannemarie-sur-Crète 000000000001473.00000000001,473 4.06 000000000000363.0000000000363 25195 25410
Franois 000000000002340.00000000002,340 7.29 000000000000321.0000000000321 25258 25770
Grandfontaine 000000000001647.00000000001,647 5.68 000000000000290.0000000000290 25287 25320
Ranzenay 000000000000352.0000000000352 3.66 000000000000096.000000000096 25477 25320
Canton of Besançon-1 000000000030262.000000000030,262 2504

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2017: Chemaudin and Vaux-les-PrésChemaudin et Vaux merge

politics

Representative in the Department Council
Term of office Names Political party
2015– Gérard Galliot
Myriam Lemercier
PS

Individual evidence

  1. Décret n ° 2014-240 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Doubs published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).