Canton of Dinard

Former Canton of Dinard
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Saint Malo
main place	Dinard
Establishment date	February 15, 1790
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	24,417 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density	388 inhabitants / km²
surface	62.89 km²
Communities	6th
INSEE code	3510

The canton of Dinard was a French canton in the arrondissement of Saint-Malo , in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine and in the region of Brittany until 2015 ; its main town was Dinard .

history

The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, six municipalities belonged to the canton of Dinard. 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 Dinard within Brittany

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

Communities

The canton of Dinard consisted of six municipalities:

local community	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Dinard	Dinarzh	10,027	7.84	35800	35093
La Richardais	Kerricharzh-an-Arvor	2,295	3.14	35780	35241
Le Minihic-sur-Rance	Minic'hi-Poudour	1,449	3.91	35870	35181
Pleurtuit	Pleurestud	6,806	29.67	35730	35228
Saint-Briac-sur-Mer	Sant Briag	2,070	8.06	35800	35256
Saint-Lunaire	Sant-Luner	2,356	10.27	35800	35287
Canton	Dinarzh	24,417	62.89	-	3510

Population development of the canton

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
17,967	17,765	18,215	19,825	21,283	22,668	23,790	24,417

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
1945–1951	Louis Léouffre	MRP
1951-1958	Guy La Chambre	CNIP
1958-1964	Georges Coudray	MRP
1964-1988	Yvon Bourges	UDR , then RPR
1988-1994	Antoine Launay	PS
1994-2008	Charles Thépaut	RPR , then DVD
2008-2015	Michel Penhoët	PRG