Canton of Concarneau

Canton of Concarneau
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
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
20,909	22,591	23,914	23,893	24,760	25,807	26,657	25,537

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Finistère department, Article 9