Canton of Concarneau
Canton of Concarneau | |
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region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Quimper |
main place | Concarneau |
Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
Residents | 37,529 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 141 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 266.67 km² |
Communities | 6th |
INSEE code | 2908 |
![]() Location of the canton of Concarneau in the Finistère department |
The Canton Concarneau (Breton Canton Konk cores ) is a French constituency in the district Quimper , in the Finistère and in the region Bretagne ; its main place is Concarneau .
history
The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, two communities belonged to the canton of Concarneau. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of municipalities rose to 6. The municipality of Trégunc moved to another canton. To the remaining municipality of Concarneau of the old canton Concarneau all 4 municipalities of the previous canton of Rosporden and 1 of the 3 municipalities of the previous canton of Bannalec were added.
location
The canton is located in the south of the Finistère department.
Communities
The canton comprises six municipalities:
local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
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Concarneau | Konk cores | 19,050 | 41.08 | 29900 | 29039 |
Elliant | Eliant | 3,271 | 70.30 | 29370 | 29049 |
Melgven | Melwênn | 3,356 | 51.17 | 29140 | 29146 |
Rosporden | Rosporden | 7,671 | 57.37 | 29140 | 29241 |
Saint-Yvi | Sant-Ivi | 3,155 | 27.05 | 29140 | 29272 |
Tourch | Tourc'h | 1,026 | 19.70 | 29140 | 29281 |
Canton of Concarneau | Konk cores | 37,529 | 266.67 | - | 2908 |
Canton Concarneau until 2015
The old canton of Concarneau consisted of two communities on an area of 91.69 km². These were: Concarneau (main town) and Trégunc .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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20,909 | 22,591 | 23,914 | 23,893 | 24,760 | 25,807 | 26,657 | 25,537 |