Canton of Fouesnant
Canton of Fouesnant | |
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region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Quimper |
main place | Fouesnant |
Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
Residents | 35,940 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 211 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 170.12 km² |
Communities | 8th |
INSEE code | 2911 |
Location of the canton of Fouesnant in the Finistère department |
The canton of Fouesnant (Breton canton of Fouenant ) is a French constituency in the Arrondissement of Quimper , in the department of Finistère and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Fouesnant .
history
The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, seven municipalities belonged to the canton of Fouesnant. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of municipalities rose to 8 in 2015. The previous municipalities in the old canton of Fouesnant were joined by 1 municipality in the canton of Quimper-2 .
location
The canton is located in the south of the Finistère department.
Communities
Since 2015 the canton has consisted of eight municipalities:
local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
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Benodet | Benoded | 3,568 | 10.53 | 29950 | 29006 |
Clohars-Fouesnant | Kloar-Fouenant | 2,055 | 13.02 | 29950 | 29032 |
Ergué-Gabéric | To Erge-Vras | 8,208 | 39.87 | 29500 | 29051 |
Fouesnant | Fouenant | 9,458 | 32.76 | 29170 | 29058 |
Gouesnach | Gouesnach | 2,769 | 17.07 | 29950 | 29060 |
La Forêt-Fouesnant | Ar Forest-Fouenant | 3,366 | 18.53 | 29940 | 29057 |
Pleuven | Plunenn | 2,987 | 13.69 | 29170 | 29161 |
Saint-Évarzec | Sant-Evarzeg | 3,529 | 24.65 | 29170 | 29247 |
Canton of Fouesnant | Fouenant | 35,940 | 170.12 | - | 2911 |
Canton of Fouesnant until 2015
Until 2015, the canton consisted of seven municipalities on an area of 130.25 km²: Bénodet , Clohars-Fouesnant , La Forêt-Fouesnant , Fouesnant (main town), Gouesnach , Pleuven and Saint-Évarzec .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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11,321 | 11,552 | 13,984 | 16,447 | 19,336 | 22,424 | 26,263 | 26,944 |