Canton of Cancale

Former canton of Cancale
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Saint Malo
main place	Cancale
Establishment date	February 15, 1790
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	16,254 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	186 inhabitants / km²
surface	87.34 km²
Communities	6th
INSEE code	3505

The Canton Cancale was a 2015 French constituency in Arrondissement of Saint-Malo , in Ille-et-Vilaine and the region Bretagne ; its main town was Cancale .

history

The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, six municipalities belonged to the canton of Cancale. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015 and the communes moved to other cantons.

location

The canton was in the northwest of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

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  Location of the canton of Cancale within Brittany

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  Location of the canton of Cancale within the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Communities

The canton of Cancale consisted of six municipalities:

local community	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Cancale	Kankaven	5.121	12.61	35260	35049
La Fresnais	To Onneg	2,541	14.43	35111	35116
Hirel	Hirel	1,392	9.85	35120	35132
Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes	Lanwezoù	994	2.92	35114	35255
Saint-Coulomb	Sant-Kouloum	2,707	April 18	35350	35263
Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes	Sant-Meleg	4,086	29.49	35350	35299
Canton	Kankaven	16,254	87.34	-	3505

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
12,656	12,260	11,958	12,382	13,332	14,285	15,533	16,254

politics

Until its dissolution, the canton had the following members in the Council of the Départements:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945-1949	Adolphe Robin	MRP
1949-1985	Olivier Biard	UNR-UPR- RPR
1985-1998	Jean Raquidel	DVD
1998-2015	Maurice Jannin	DVG