Canton of Jarnac

Canton of Jarnac
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	cognac
Centralisateur bureau	Jarnac
Residents	16130 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	79 inhabitants / km²
surface	204.27 km²
Communities	17th
INSEE code	1615
Location of the canton of Jarnac in the Charente department

The canton of Jarnac is a French canton in the department of Charente and in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It comprises 17 municipalities in the Arrondissement of Cognac and has its bureau centralisateur in Jarnac . As part of the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was expanded slightly in spring 2015.

Communities

The canton consists of 17 municipalities with a total of 16,130 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​204.27 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Bassac	524	7.62	69	16032	16120
Bourg-Charente	904	12.02	75	16056	16200
Choirs	1.102	13.21	83	16088	16200
Fleurac	242	2.17	112	16139	16200
Foussignac	635	15.14	42	16145	16200
Houlette	368	7.15	51	16165	16200
Jarnac	4,403	11.99	367	16167	16200
Julienne	508	6.30	81	16174	16200
Les Métairies	727	5.18	140	16220	16200
Mainxe-Gondeville	1,159	15.56	74	16153	16200
Mérignac	839	18.51	45	16216	16200
Nercillac	1,081	16.35	66	16243	16200
Réparsac	601	11.06	54	16277	16200
Sainte-Sévère	524	18.31	29	16349	16200
Saint-Même-les-Carrières	1,068	15.14	71	16340	16720
Sigogne	992	22.16	45	16369	16200
Triac Lautrait	453	6.40	71	16387	16200
Canton of Jarnac	16,130	204.27	79	1615	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Jarnac included the 14 municipalities of Bassac , Chassors , Fleurac , Foussignac , Houlette , Jarnac , Julienne , Les Métairies , Mérignac , Nercillac , Réparsac , Sainte-Sévère , Sigogne and Triac-Lautrait . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​161.55 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 1617.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2019: Merger of Gondeville and Mainxe → Mainxe-Gondeville

politics

Representative in the Department Council
Term of office	Names	Political party
1998-2015	Jean-Pierre Denieul	DVG
2015–	Catherine Parent Jérôme Sourisseau	UD

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-195 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).
2. ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 published on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior (French).