Grand Fougeray Canton

Former Canton of Grand-Fougeray
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
main place	Grand Fougeray
Establishment date	February 15, 1790
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	5,461 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	43 inhabitants / km²
surface	128 km²
Communities	4th
INSEE code	3514

The canton of Grand-Fougeray was a French canton in the Arrondissement Redon , in the Département Ille-et-Vilaine and in the region of Brittany until 2015 ; its main town was Grand-Fougeray .

history

The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, four municipalities belonged to the canton of Grand-Fougeray. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015 and the communes moved to other cantons.

location

The canton was in the south of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

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  Location of the canton of Grand-Fougeray within Brittany

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  Location of the canton of Grand-Fougeray within the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Communities

The canton of Grand-Fougeray consisted of four municipalities:

local community	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Grand Fougeray	Felgerieg-Veur	2,445	55.42	35390	35124
La Dominelais	Doveneleg	1,377	32.45	35390	35098
Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine	Santez-Anna-ar-Gwilen	1,018	28.57	35390	35249
Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes	Sant-Suleg-al-Lann	809	11.19	35390	35316
Canton	Felgerieg-Veur	5,461	127.63	-	3514

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
4,885	4,629	4,268	4,228	4,160	4,217	5,031	5,461

politics

Until its dissolution, the canton had the following members in the Council of the Départements:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945-1970	Charles Chupin (Fils)	RPF , then DVD
1970-1992	Noël Chevalier	DVG , then DVD
1992-2011	Joseph Tripon	DVD
2011-2015	Alain Saurat	UDI