Canton of Durtal

Former Canton of Durtal
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Angers
main place	Durtal
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	10,616 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	52 inhabitants / km²
surface	204.85 km²
Communities	8th
INSEE code	4914

The Canton Durtal was 2015 a French constituency in Arrondissement of Angers , in the department of Maine-et-Loire and the region Pays de la Loire . Its main town was Durtal .

In the course of the reorganization in 2015, the canton was dissolved and most of its communities were assigned to the canton of Tiercé . Only the municipality of Huillé was attached to the canton of Angers-6 .

geography

The canton was in the north of the Maine-et-Loire department between Loir and Sarthe . The former canton is included in the Baugeois landscape .

history

Before France was converted into a republic, Durtal was already the seat of a county. As part of the regional reform of 1790, the canton of Durtal was initially assigned to the Sarthe department. The area, which has long been part of the Anjou , was then transferred to the Maine-et-Loire department in 1806 and became part of the Baugé district . When this arrondissement was dissolved in 1926, it was assigned to the Arrondissement Angers.

Communities

The canton comprised eight municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Baracé	526 (2013)	13.46	39 inhabitants / km²	49017	49430
Daumeray	1,526 (2013)	40.53	38 inhabitants / km²	49119	49640
Durtal	3,382 (2013)	60.58	56 inhabitants / km²	49127	49430
Étriché	1,523 (2013)	19.6	78 inhabitants / km²	49132	49330
Huillé	543 (2013)	12.53	43 inhabitants / km²	49159	49430
Montigné-lès-Rairies	378 (2013)	9.01	42 inhabitants / km²	49209	49430
Morannes	1,800 (2013)	40.73	44 inhabitants / km²	49220	49640
Les Rairies	977 (2013)	8.41	116 inhabitants / km²	49257	49430