Canton of Guingamp
| Canton of Guingamp | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Guingamp |
| main place | Guingamp |
| Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
| Residents | 26,335 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 160 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 164.21 km² |
| Communities | 9 |
| INSEE code | 2205 |
 Location of the canton of Guingamp in the Côtes-d'Armor department |
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The canton of Guingamp (Breton: canton Gwengamp ) is a French canton in the arrondissement of Guingamp , in the department of Côtes-d'Armor and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Guingamp .
location
The canton is located in the north-western center of the Côtes-d'Armor department.
history
The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1793 to 1801 it had six municipalities. From 1801 to 2015, eight municipalities belonged to the canton of Guingamp. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 9. The two previous communes Coadout and Moustéru switched to the canton of Callac . In addition to the six remaining municipalities of the old canton of Guingamp, two of the eleven municipalities of the previous canton of Lanvollon and one of the seven municipalities of the canton of Plouagat were added.
Communities
Canton of Guingamp since 2015
The canton of Guingamp now comprises 9 municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goudelin | Goudelin | 1,746 | 22.98 | 22290 | 22065 |
| Graces | Gras-Gwengamp | 2,528 | 14.07 | 22200 | 22067 |
| Guingamp | Gwengamp | 6,895 | 3.41 | 22200 | 22070 |
| Le Merzer | Ar Merzher | 959 | 12.63 | 22200 | 22150 |
| Pabu | Pabu | 2,760 | 7.83 | 22200 | 22161 |
| Plouisy | Plouizi | 1,980 | 23.64 | 22200 | 22223 |
| Ploumagoar | Plouvagor | 5,434 | 32.07 | 22970 | 22225 |
| Pommerit-le-Vicomte | Pañvrid-ar-Beskont | 1,760 | 33.03 | 22200 | 22248 |
| Saint-Agathon | Sant-Eganton | 2,273 | 14.56 | 22200 | 22272 |
| Canton of Guingamp | Gwengamp | 26,335 | 164.21 | - | 2205 |
Canton of Guingamp until 2015
The old canton of Guingamp comprised eight municipalities on an area of 119.59 km²: Coadout , Grâces , Guingamp (main town), Moustéru , Pabu , Plouisy , Ploumagoar and Saint-Agathon .
Population development of the old canton up to 2015
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,722 | 18,752 | 20,778 | 22,173 | 22,000 | 22,136 | 22,760 | 23,160 |
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the six voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Laurence Corson / Yannick Kerlogot (both Divers droite) won against Pierre-Yves Conan / Francette Le Garff-Truhaud (both PS) with 63.35% of the votes (turnout: 53.17 %).
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1964-1982 | François Leizour | PCF |
| 1982-1988 | Yvon Le Merrer | PS |
| 1988-2001 | Christian Le Verge | PCF |
| 2001 – Dec. 2005 | Josette Horvais | PS |
| Dec 2005-June 2012 | Annie Le Houérou | PS |
| July 2012-2015 | Didier Robert | PS |
| 2015– | Laurence Corson Yannick Kerlogot |
DVD |
Individual evidence
- ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Article 6
- ↑ Results of the two ballots
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ N , 3 ° 9 ′ W