Canton of Caluire-et-Cuire

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Former
canton of Caluire-et-Cuire
region Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Lyon
main place Caluire-et-Cuire
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 42,038 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density 4,023 inhabitants / km²
surface 10.45 km²
Communities 1
INSEE code 6943

The Canton Caluire-et-Cuire was 2015 a French canton in the arrondissement of Lyon in the department of Rhône of the french region Rhône-Alpes . It included the city of Caluire-et-Cuire and was abolished when the Métropole de Lyon replaced the Rhône department as a local authority and the cantons lost their function as constituencies. The last representative in the conseil général des Départements was Alain Jeannot ( UMP ).