Canton of Biarritz
| Canton of Biarritz | |
|---|---|
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| main place | Biarritz |
| Establishment date | March 22, 2015 |
| Residents | 25,404 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 2,179 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 11.66 km² |
| Communities | 1 |
| INSEE code | 6407 |
 Location of the canton of Biarritz in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department |
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The Canton Biarritz is a French constituency in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Its territory is in the Bayonne arrondissement .
history
According to the law of April 25, 1895, the canton was formed for the first time. In 1973 it was dissolved by Decree No. 73-669 of July 13, 1973 and divided into the newly formed cantons of Biarritz-Est and Biarritz-Ouest .
A new territorial division of the cantons of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department has been in effect since the 2015 elections in the department. It is defined by the decree of February 25, 2014 in application of the laws of May 17, 2013. From these elections on, the representatives of the Départementrat are elected for six years in a Romance majority vote in up to two ballots in the cantons, with each canton sending an elected couple of different sex to the Départementrat. Participation in a possible runoff election requires 12.5% of the votes in the first ballot. The number of cantons in a department is reduced to half the number of cantons on January 1, 2013, rounded up to an odd number if the division results in an even number. Therefore, the cantons in the département had to be redesigned, with the number of cantons reduced from 52 to 27.
In 2015, the canton was re-established from the areas of the two former cantons Biarritz-Est and Biarritz-Ouest .
Communities
The canton includes parts of the city of Biarritz .
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the candidate pairs achieved an absolute majority. As a result of the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the following representatives were elected to the Départementrat :
with a share of the vote of 54.96% (turnout in the runoff election: 43.71%).
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal officiel de la république française ( fr ) Bibliothèque nationale de France . January 6, 1897. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ Décret n ° 73-669 du 13 juillet 1973 PORTANT CREATION DE CANTONS DANS LE DEPARTEMENT DES PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES ( fr ) Légifrance . July 17, 1973. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ LOI n ° 2013-403 on May 17, 2013 relative à l'élection des conseillers départementaux, des conseillers municipaux et des conseillers communautaires, et modifiant le calendrier électoral ( fr ) Légifrance . May 17, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ↑ Décret n ° 2014-248 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques ( fr ) Légifrance . March 21, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 ( fr ) Ministry of the Interior . March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2017.