Canton of Dinan
| Canton of Dinan | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| main place | Dinan |
| Residents | 22,881 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 497 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 46.02 km² |
| Communities | 5 |
| INSEE code | 2204 |
 Location of the canton of Dinan in the Côtes-d'Armor department |
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The canton of Dinan (Breton: same name) is a French administrative unit in the arrondissement of Dinan , in the department of Côtes-d'Armor and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Dinan .
history
The canton was created with the reorganization of the cantons in France in 2015. In addition to the city of Dinan (whose districts were partly Dinan-Est, partly Dinan-Ouest), the communes formerly belonged to the cantons of Dinan-Est (Léhon), Dinan-Ouest (Aucaleuc, Quévert and Trélivan) and Plélan-le-Petit (Vildé-Guingalan).
location
The canton is located in the northeast of the Côtes-d'Armor department.
Communities
The canton of Dinan comprises five municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aucaleuc | Oskaleg | 943 | 6.38 | 22100 | 22003 |
| Dinan | Dinan | 14,166 | 3.98 | 22100 | 22050 |
| Quévert | Kever | 3,749 | 12.48 | 22100 | 22259 |
| Trélivan | Trelivan | 2,782 | 11.10 | 22100 | 22364 |
| Vildé-Guingalan | Guild Gwengalon | 1,241 | 7.35 | 22980 | 22388 |
| Canton of Dinan | Dinan | 22,881 | 46.02 | - | 2204 |
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2018: Dinan and Léhon → Dinan merger
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the five voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Brigitte Balay-Mizrahi / René Degrenne (both DVD) won against Anne-Cécile Briec-Lamé / Philippe Landuré (both Union de la gauche) with a share of the vote of 53.24% (voter turnout: 53.41%).
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 2015– | Brigitte Balay-Mizrahi Claudine Guillou |
DVD |