Canton of Guichen

Canton of Guichen
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
main place	Guichen
Establishment date	February 15, 1790
Residents	34,959 (Jan 1, 2017)
Population density	90 inhabitants / km²
surface	388.54 km²
Communities	15th
INSEE code	3511
Location of the canton of Guichen in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The canton Guichen (Breton canton Gwizien ) is a French canton in the Arrondissement Redon , in the Département Ille-et-Vilaine and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Guichen .

history

The canton was established on February 15, 1790 under the name of Canton Bourg-des-Comptes. It has had its current name since 1801. From 1801 to 2015, eight municipalities belonged to the canton. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of municipalities rose to 16. The municipality of Laillé moved to the canton of Bruz . All 9 municipalities of the canton Maure-de-Bretagne were added to the remaining 7 municipalities in the old canton of Guichen .

location

The canton is located in the southwest of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

Communities

Canton of Guichen since 2015

The canton of Guichen now comprised 16 municipalities. As a result of the union of Campel and Maure-de-Bretagne to form the municipality of Val d'Anast, the number of municipalities fell to 15 on January 1, 2017. These are:

local community	Gallo	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Baulon	Baulon	Beloen	2,160	25.02	35580	35016
Bourg-des-Comptes	Bórg-Cons	Gwikomm	3,264	23.41	35890	35033
Bovel	Bovéu	Bovel	605	14.60	35330	35035
Comblessac	Conbeczac	Komlec'hieg	689	17.23	35330	35084
Goven	Govaen	Goven	4,363	39.73	35580	35123
Guichen	Spray	Gwizien	8,568	42.99	35580	35126
Guignen	Ginyen	Gwinia	3,902	53.05	35580	35127
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	La Chapèll-Boésit	Chapel-ar-Veuzid	1,475	20.66	35330	35057
Lassy	Lacic	Lazy	1,702	9.76	35580	35149
Les Brulais	Lésbroelaè	Ar Brugeier	553	11.96	35330	35046
Loutehel	Lótèu	Loutehel	258	7.21	35330	35160
Mernel	Merenèu	Merenell	1,034	17.37	35330	35175
Saint-Séglin	Saent-Segelein	Sant-Sewenn	566	9.40	35330	35311
Saint-Senoux	Saent-Senór	Sant-Senour	1,840	18.29	35580	35312
Val d'Anast		Nant-anast	3.813	77.86	35330	35168
Canton of Guichen	Spray	Gwizien	34,959	388.54	-	3511

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2017: Merger of Campel and Maure-de-Bretagne → Val d'Anast

Canton of Guichen until 2015

The old canton of Guichen consisted of eight communities over an area of ​​244.29 km². These were: Baulon , Bourg-des-Comptes , Goven , Guichen (main town), Guignen , Laillé , Lassy and Saint-Senoux .

Population development in the old canton

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
10,692	11,064	13,084	15,884	18,345	20,906	24,984	28,896

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 pairing Roger Morazin (PS) / Michèle Motel (DVG) won against Louis Gilois / Véronique Turpin (both FN ) with a share of the vote of 68.08% (turnout: 52.68%).

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
1945–1951	Georges Le Cornec	Union progressist (UP)
1951-1970	Alphonse de Pioger	DVD
1970-1988	Jacques Renault	Union des démocrates pour la République (UDR), then RPR
1988-2008	Marcel Hamel	DVG
2008-2015	Jean-Pierre Letournel	closest to the PS
since 2015	Roger Morazin Michèle Motel	PS DVG

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Article 12
2. ↑ Municipalities in the Ille-et-Vilaine département ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots