Canton of Doué-la-Fontaine

Canton of Doué-la-Fontaine
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Angers (One parish) Saumur (18 parishes)
main place	Doué-en-Anjou
Residents	33,858 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	57 inhabitants / km²
surface	598.57 km²
Communities	19th
INSEE code	4914
Location of the canton of Doué-la-Fontaine in the Maine-et-Loire department

The Canton Doue-la-Fontaine is a French constituency in Arrondissement of Saumur in the department of Maine-et-Loire and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town is Doué-en-Anjou .

Historical development

When the cantons were reorganized in 2015, the municipalities of the former cantons of Montreuil-Bellay and Gennes were largely taken over.

Communities

The canton consists of 19 municipalities. The total population on January 1, 2017 was 33,858.

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code	Arrondissement
Antoigné	465	17.87	26th	49009	49260	Saumur
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux	3,520	28.68	123	49060	49260	Saumur
Brissac Loire Aubance	10,807	20.30	532	49050	49250, 49320	Angers
Brossay	364	4.79	76	49053	49700	Saumur
Cizay-la-Madeleine	464	19.29	24	49100	49700	Saumur
Courchamps	506	6.99	72	49113	49260	Saumur
Dénezé-sous-Doué	470	23.77	20th	49121	49700	Saumur
Doué-en-Anjou	11.005	148.55	74	49125	49700	Saumur
Épieds	761	26.99	28	49131	49260	Saumur
Gennes-Val-de-Loire	8,724	103.99	84	49261	49320, 49350	Saumur
Le Coudray-Macouard	923	13.40	69	49112	49260	Saumur
Le Puy-Notre-Dame	1,192	15.87	75	49253	49260	Saumur
Les Ulmes	579	8.10	71	49359	49700	Saumur
Louresse-Rochemenier	864	25.82	33	49182	49700	Saumur
Montreuil-Bellay	3,822	48.96	78	49215	49260	Saumur
Saint-Just-sur-Dive	389	7.24	54	49291	49260	Saumur
Saint-Macaire-du-Bois	457	13.06	35	49302	49260	Saumur
Tuffalun	1,772	39.42	45	49003	49700	Saumur
Vaudelnay	1,143	25.48	45	49364	49260	Saumur
Canton of Doué-la-Fontaine	33,858	598.57	57	4914	-	-

1. ↑ Only the area of ​​the former municipalities of Brézé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg , the rest belongs to the canton of Saumur .
2. ↑ Only the area of ​​the two former communes Chemellier and Coutures , the rest belongs to the canton of Les Ponts-de-Cé
3. ↑ Without the area of ​​the two former municipalities Les Rosiers-sur-Loire and Saint-Martin-de-la-Place , these belong to the canton of Longué-Jumelles .

Until the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the canton of Doué-la-Fontaine consisted of twelve municipalities: Brigné , Concourson-sur-Layon , Dénezé-sous-Doué , Doué-la-Fontaine (main town), Forges , Louresse-Rochemenier , Martigné- Briand , Meigné , Montfort , Saint-Georges-sur-Layon , Les Ulmes and Les Verchers-sur-Layon . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 4913.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2019:

• Fusion of Chacé ( Canton Saumur ), Brézé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg → Bellevigne-les-Châteaux (Canton Saumur and Canton Doué-la-Fontaine)

2018:

• Merger of Gennes-Val de Loire , Les Rosiers-sur-Loire (Canton Longué-Jumelles) and Saint-Martin-de-la-Place (Canton Longué-Jumelles) → Gennes-Val de Loire

2016:

• Merger Brissac-Quincé (canton Les Ponts-de-Cé) , Charcé-Saint-Ellier-sur-Aubance (canton Les Ponts-de-Cé) , Chemellier , Coutures , Les Alleuds (canton Les Ponts-de-Cé) , Luigné (Canton Les Ponts-de-Cé) , Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne (Canton Les Ponts-de-Cé) , Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire (Canton Les Ponts-de-Cé) , Saulgé-l'Hôpital ( Canton Les Ponts-de-Cé) and Vauchrétien (Canton Les Ponts-de-Cé) → Brissac Loire Aubance
• Fusion Brigné , Concourson-sur-Layon , Doué-la-Fontaine , Forges , Les Verchers-sur-Layon , Meigné , Montfort and Saint-Georges-sur-Layon , → Doué-en-Anjou
• Merger of Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault , Gennes , Grézillé , Le Thoureil and Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies , → Gennes-Val de Loire
• Fusion of Ambillou-Château , Louerre and Noyant-la-Plaine , → Tuffalun

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
11,407	12,322	12,394	12,586	13,186	13,538	14,334