Canton of Bourganeuf
| Canton of Bourganeuf | |
|---|---|
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Guéret |
| main place | Bourganeuf |
| Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
| Residents | 6,312 (Jan 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 397.30 km² |
| Communities | 17th |
| INSEE code | 2305 |
 Location of the canton of Bourganeuf in the Creuse department |
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The Canton Bourganeuf (Occitan Canton Borgon Nuòu ) is a French constituency in Creuse in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine , his main town is Bourganeuf .
location
The canton is located in the west of the Creuse department.
history
The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, 13 municipalities belonged to the canton of Bourganeuf. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, four of the seven previous communes of the canton Royère-de-Vassivière switched to the canton Bourganeuf.
Communities
The reorganized canton had 6312 inhabitants (2017) in 16 municipalities:
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auriat | 111 | 21.66 | 5 | 23012 | 23400 |
| Bosmoreau-les-Mines | 244 | 9.01 | 27 | 23027 | 23400 |
| Bourganeuf | 2,572 | 22.54 | 114 | 23030 | 23400 |
| Faux mazuras | 182 | 19.96 | 9 | 23078 | 23400 |
| Mansat-la-Courrière | 83 | 9.42 | 9 | 23122 | 23400 |
| Montboucher | 349 | 27.68 | 13 | 23133 | 23400 |
| Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix | 168 | 18.74 | 9 | 23181 | 23400 |
| Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud | 1,126 | 67.02 | 17th | 23189 | 23400 |
| Saint-Junien-la-Bregère | 140 | 25.66 | 5 | 23205 | 23400 |
| Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine | 343 | 27.27 | 13 | 23217 | 23430 |
| Saint-Moreil | 219 | 23.94 | 9 | 23223 | 23400 |
| Saint-Pardoux-Morterolles | 206 | 36.50 | 6th | 23227 | 23400 |
| Saint-Pierre-Bellevue | 210 | 32.78 | 6th | 23232 | 23460 |
| Saint-Pierre-Chérignat | 168 | 23.72 | 7th | 23230 | 23430 |
| Saint-Priest-Palus | 55 | 10.64 | 5 | 23237 | 23400 |
| Soubrebost | 136 | 20.76 | 7th | 23173 | 23250 |
| Canton of Bourganeuf | 6.312 | 397.30 | 16 | 2305 | - |
Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the 13 municipalities of Auriat , Bosmoreau-les-Mines , Bourganeuf , Faux-Mazuras , Mansat-la-Courrière , Masbaraud-Mérignat , Montboucher , Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix , Saint belonged to the Bourganeuf canton -Dizier-Leyrenne , Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine , Saint-Pierre-Chérignat , Saint-Priest-Palus and Soubrebost . Its layout corresponded to an area of 278.42 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 2307.
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2019: Merger of Masbaraud-Mérignat and Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne → Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8498 | 8417 | 7642 | 7276 | 6716 | 6280 | 6084 | 5820 |
politics
In the run-off election for the General Council of the Creuse department on March 29, 2015, the team Marinette Jouannetaud / Jean-Jacques Lozach (PS) won against Franck Simon-Chautemps / Michelle Suchaud (Union de la droite) with a share of the vote of 54.38% (voter turnout : 62.90%).
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1983-1992 | Georges Neyret | ( PS ) |
| 1992-1994 | Alain Gouzes | PS |
| 1994-2015 | Jean-Jacques Lozach | PS |
| 2015– | Marinette Jouannetaud Jean-Jacques Lozach |
PS |