Canton of Bourganeuf

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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

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 000000000000111.0000000000111 21.66 000000000000005.00000000005 23012 23400
Bosmoreau-les-Mines 000000000000244.0000000000244 9.01 000000000000027.000000000027 23027 23400
Bourganeuf 000000000002572.00000000002,572 22.54 000000000000114.0000000000114 23030 23400
Faux mazuras 000000000000182.0000000000182 19.96 000000000000009.00000000009 23078 23400
Mansat-la-Courrière 000000000000083.000000000083 9.42 000000000000009.00000000009 23122 23400
Montboucher 000000000000349.0000000000349 27.68 000000000000013.000000000013 23133 23400
Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix 000000000000168.0000000000168 18.74 000000000000009.00000000009 23181 23400
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud 000000000001126.00000000001,126 67.02 000000000000017.000000000017th 23189 23400
Saint-Junien-la-Bregère 000000000000140.0000000000140 25.66 000000000000005.00000000005 23205 23400
Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine 000000000000343.0000000000343 27.27 000000000000013.000000000013 23217 23430
Saint-Moreil 000000000000219.0000000000219 23.94 000000000000009.00000000009 23223 23400
Saint-Pardoux-Morterolles 000000000000206.0000000000206 36.50 000000000000006.00000000006th 23227 23400
Saint-Pierre-Bellevue 000000000000210.0000000000210 32.78 000000000000006.00000000006th 23232 23460
Saint-Pierre-Chérignat 000000000000168.0000000000168 23.72 000000000000007.00000000007th 23230 23430
Saint-Priest-Palus 000000000000055.000000000055 10.64 000000000000005.00000000005 23237 23400
Soubrebost 000000000000136.0000000000136 20.76 000000000000007.00000000007th 23173 23250
Canton of Bourganeuf 000000000006312.00000000006.312 397.30 000000000000016.000000000016 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-LeyrenneSaint-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

Individual evidence

  1. French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
  2. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Creuse department, Article 6
  3. Results of the two ballots