Canton of Blain

Canton of Blain
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis (3 g.) Nantes (3 communes) Saint-Nazaire (8 communes)
main place	Blain
Residents	53,294 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	105 inhabitants / km²
surface	509.30 km²
Communities	14th
INSEE code	4403
Location of the canton of Blain in the Loire-Atlantique department

The Canton Blain (Breton Canton Blaen ) is a French canton in the arrondissement Châteaubriant-Ancenis , Nantes and Saint-Nazaire in the Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire ; its main town is Blain .

history

The canton was founded in 1790. From 1790 to 2015 five municipalities belonged to the canton of Blain. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 14. Of the five previous communes, Fay-de-Bretagne moved to the canton of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre and Notre-Dame-des-Landes to the canton of Nort-sur-Erdre . All 8 municipalities of the previous canton of Savenay and 3 of the 5 municipalities of the canton of Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc were added to the remaining 3 communes of the old canton Blain .

location

The canton is located in the west of the Loire-Atlantique department.

Communities

The canton of Blain comprises 14 municipalities:

local community	Gallo	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee	Arrondissement
Blain	Blaen	Blaen	9,793	101.72	44130	44015	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Bouée	Bóey	Bozeg	991	21.34	44260	44019	Saint-Nazaire
Bouvron	Bouvron	Bolvronn	3.115	47.63	44130	44023	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Campbon	Caunbon	Kambon	3,998	49.82	44750	44025	Saint-Nazaire
Cordemais	Cordemaè	Kordevez	3705	37.15	44360	44045	Nantes
La Chapelle-Launay	La Chapèll-L'Aunaèy	Chapel-ar-Wern	3,052	24.82	44260	44033	Saint-Nazaire
Lavau-sur-Loire	Lavau	Gwal-Liger	767	16.22	44260	44080	Saint-Nazaire
Le Gâvre	Le Gavr	Gavr	1,796	53.58	44130	44062	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Le Temple-de-Bretagne	Le Tanpl	Templ-Breizh	1967	1.72	44360	44203	Nantes
Malville	Malvill	Kerwall	3,463	31.24	44260	44089	Saint-Nazaire
Prinquiau	Prenqèu	Prevenkel	3,459	22.82	44260	44137	Saint-Nazaire
Quilly	Qilic	Killig	1,380	17.67	44750	44139	Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc	Saent-Estonia	Sant-Stefan-Brengoloù	7129	57.57	44360	44158	Nantes
Savenay	Savenaè	Savenneg	8,679	26.00	44260	44195	Saint-Nazaire
Canton of Blain	Blaen	Blaen	53,294	509.30	-	4403	-

The old canton Blain comprised five municipalities on an area of ​​305.14 km². These were: Blain (main town), Bouvron , Fay-de-Bretagne , Le Gâvre and Notre-Dame-des-Landes .

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
12,763	13,869	16,353	18,581	19,487	19,993	17.091	19,736

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, Claire Tramier (EELV) / Marcel Verger (PS) won against Jean-Michel Buf / Marie-Odile Vanneraud (Union de la Droite) with 51.6% of the vote (turnout: 47th vote) , 62%).

Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945-1949	unknown
1949-1961	Patrice Walsh de Serrant	RPF , then DVD
1961-1967	M. Garnier	DVG
1967-1992	Jean Hervy	DVD
1992-1998	René Bernard	DVD
1998-2004	Gilles Heurtin	DVD
2004-2015	Marcel Verger	PS
2015–	Claire Tramier Marcel Verger	EELV PS

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department, Article 4
2. ↑ Municipalities in the Loire-Atlantique département ( Memento des Originals of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots

Web links

• The canton and its municipalities