Canton of Gérardmer

Canton of Gérardmer
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
main place	Gerardmer
Residents	25,121 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	66 inhabitants / km²
surface	378.88 km²
Communities	16
INSEE code	8807
Location of the canton of Gérardmer in the Vosges department

The canton of Gérardmer is a French canton in the Arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges , in the Département Vosges and in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); its main town is Gérardmer .

location

The canton is on the eastern border of the Vosges department.

history

The canton was founded in 1790. Until 2015, only three municipalities belonged to the canton of Gérardmer. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 17. In addition to the previous 3 communes, the communes of the previous cantons Corcieux (9 of the 13 communes) and Fraize (5 of the 9 communes) were added. On January 1, 2016, the two municipalities of Aumontzey and Granges-sur-Vologne merged to form the new municipality of Granges-Aumontzey and the number of municipalities fell to 16.

Communities

The canton consists of 16 municipalities with a total of 25,121 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​378.88 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Anould	3,369	24.23	139	88009	88650
Arrentès-de-Corcieux	179	17.00	11	88014	88430
Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy	949	45.04	21st	88106	88230
Barbey-Seroux	148	7.32	20th	88035	88640
Corcieux	1,538	17.40	88	88115	88430
Fraize	2,871	15.59	184	88181	88230
Gerardmer	7,967	54.78	145	88196	88400
Gerbépal	589	19.18	31	88198	88430
Granges-Aumontzey	2,665	33.01	81	88218	88640
La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères	576	20.23	28	88089	88600
La Houssière	587	19.54	30th	88244	88430
Le Valtin	74	19.64	4th	88492	88230
Liézey	286	13.27	22nd	88269	88400
Plainfaing	1,676	38.56	43	88349	88230
Vienville	125	3.38	37	88505	88430
Xonrupt-Longemer	1,522	30.71	50	88531	88400
Canton of Gérardmer	25.121	378.88	66	8807	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the three municipalities of Gérardmer , Liézey and Xonrupt-Longemer belonged to the canton of Gérardmer . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​98.76 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 8814.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2016: Merger Aumontzey and Granges-sur-Vologne → Granges-Aumontzey

Population development in the old canton

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
10.162	10,570	10,741	10,684	10,664	10,654	10,625	10,270

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, the team Eliane Ferry / Guy Martinache (both DVD) won against Gilles Laurent / Valérie Ritter (both FN ) with a share of the vote of 63.82% (turnout: 51.83%).

Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945-1967	Camille Meline	DVD
1967-1979	Robert Houot	Union des démocrates pour la République, then RPR
1979-1985	Claude Boulay	PCF
1985-1998	André Bonne	RPR
1998-2015	Gilbert Poirot	PS , then DVG and PG
2015–	Eliane Ferry Guy Martinache	DVD

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the two ballots

Web links

• Portrait of the canton

Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '  N , 6 ° 52'  E