Canton of Commercy

Canton of Commercy
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
main place	Commercy
Residents	12,159 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	60 inhabitants / km²
surface	203.02 km²
Communities	14th
INSEE code	5507
Location of the canton of Commercy in the Meuse department

The canton of Commercy is a French constituency in the Arrondissement Commercy , in the Département Meuse and in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); its main place is Commercy .

history

The canton was established in 1790. By 2015, 19 municipalities belonged to the canton of Commercy. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes fell to 14. Of the previous 19 communes, Cousances-lès-Triconville, Dagonville, Erneville-aux-Bois, Nançois-le-Grand and Saint-Aubin-sur-Aire switched to Canton of Vaucouleurs .

Communities

The canton consists of 14 municipalities with a total of 12,159 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​203.02 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Boncourt-sur-Meuse	328	10.84	30th	55058	55200
Chonville-Malaumont	212	18.80	11	55114	55200
Commercy	5,536	35.37	157	55122	55200
Euville	1,665	29.76	56	55184	55200
Frémeréville-sous-les-Côtes	137	6.44	21st	55196	55200
Geville	620	33.10	19th	55258	55200
Girauvoisin	77	5.06	15th	55212	55200
Grimaucourt-près-Sampigny	85	9.27	9	55220	55500
Lérouville	1,433	14.38	100	55288	55200
Mecrin	224	10.19	22nd	55329	55300
Pont-sur-Meuse	133	3.63	37	55407	55200
Saint-Julien-sous-les-Côtes	140	4.95	28	55460	55200
Vadonville	260	5.21	50	55526	55200
Vignot	1,309	16.02	82	55553	55200
Canton of Commercy	12,159	203.02	60	5507	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Commercy included the 19 municipalities of Boncourt-sur-Meuse , Chonville-Malaumont , Commercy (main town), Cousances-lès-Triconville , Dagonville , Erneville-aux-Bois , Euville , Frémeréville- sous-les-Côtes , Geville , Girauvoisin , Grimaucourt-près-Sampigny , Lérouville , Mécrin , Nançois-le-Grand , Pont-sur-Meuse , Saint-Aubin-sur-Aire , Saint-Julien-sous-les-Côtes , Vadonville and Vignot . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​285.77 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 5505.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
14,799	14,213	13,648	13,515	13,129	12,977	13,700	13,581

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the four voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Danielle Combe / Jean-Philippe Vautrin (both DVD) won against Jean Paul Cravedi / Corinne Kaufmann (both FN ) with a share of the vote of 62.23% (turnout: 50.57%).

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
1945-1958	Maurice Charlier	DVD
1958-1976	Henri Perrin	Wheel.
1976-1998	François Dosé	PS
1998-2015	Alain Verneau	PS
2015–	Danielle Combe Jean-Philippe Vautrin	UMP / LR

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the two ballots