Canton of Genas
| Canton of Genas | |
|---|---|
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Lyon |
| main place | Genas |
| Residents | 40,725 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 288 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 141.18 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 6906 |
 Location of the canton of Genas in the Rhône department |
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The Canton Genas is a French constituency in the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It comprises eight municipalities in the Arrondissement of Lyon . Due to the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was newly created in 2015 with Genas as the main town (French: bureau centralisateur ).
Communities
The canton consists of 8 municipalities with a total of 40,725 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 141.18 km²:
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombier-Saugnieu | 2,613 | 27.62 | 95 | 69299 | 69124 |
| Genas | 12,734 | 23.84 | 534 | 69277 | 69740 |
| Jons | 1,487 | 7.41 | 201 | 69280 | 69330 |
| Pusignan | 4.114 | 13.04 | 315 | 69285 | 69330 |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure | 6,800 | 16.34 | 416 | 69287 | 69720 |
| Saint-Laurent-de-Mure | 5,377 | 18.63 | 289 | 69288 | 69720 |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu | 4,520 | 29.28 | 154 | 69289 | 69780 |
| Toussieu | 3,080 | 5.02 | 614 | 69298 | 69780 |
| Canton of Genas | 40,725 | 141.18 | 288 | 6906 | - |
politics
| Representative in the departmental council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Names | Political party |
| 2015– | Christiane Guicherd Daniel Valero |
Les Républicains |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Décret n ° 2014-267 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Rhône published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).