Irigny Canton
| Former canton of Irigny |
|
|---|---|
| region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Lyon |
| main place | Irigny |
| Establishment date | 1985 |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 27,312 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 1,217 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 22.44 km² |
| Communities | 4th |
| INSEE code | 6948 |
The canton of Irigny was a French canton in the arrondissement of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region until 2015 . The canton created in 1985 with Irigny as the main town belonged to the Rhône department and was abolished when the Métropole de Lyon replaced the Rhône department as the higher-level regional authority in its catchment area at the turn of 2014/2015 and the cantons lost their function as constituencies. The last and only representative in the conseil général des Départements was Jean-Luc da Passano ( UDF ) from 1985 to 2014 .
Communities
The canton comprised four municipalities:
| local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charly | 4,448 (2013) | 5.09 | 874 inhabitants / km² | 69046 | 69390 |
| Irigny | 8,361 (2013) | 8.84 | 946 inhabitants / km² | 69100 | 69540 |
| Pierre-Bénite | 10,132 (2013) | 4.48 | 2262 inhabitants / km² | 69152 | 69310 |
| Vernaison | 4,582 (2013) | 4.03 | 1137 inhabitants / km² | 69260 | 69390 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Irigny - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved June 29, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Ordonnance n ° 2014-1539 du 19 December 2014 relative à l'élection des conseillers métropolitains de Lyon published in JORF and in Légifrance (French)