Canton of L'Île-d'Yeu
| Canton of L'Île-d'Yeu | |
|---|---|
| region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| main place | L'Île-d'Yeu |
| Residents | 4,809 (Jan 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 195 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 24.66 km² |
| Communities | 1 |
| INSEE code | 8507 |
 Location of the canton of L'Île-d'Yeu in the Vendée department |
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The canton of L'Ile-d'Yeu is a French administrative unit in the Arrondissement Les Sables d'Olonne , in the Vendée and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town is L'Île-d'Yeu . Bruno Noury ( DVG ) has been a representative in the General Council of the Department since 2011 .
Surname
The island of L'Île-d'Yeu was called L'Isle-Dieu (God's Island) until the French Revolution. It was then named Île-de-la-Réunion and Rocher-de-la-sans-Culotterie for a short time. It has had its current name since 1801. However, from 1793 to 1801 and at the beginning of the 19th century, the spelling L'Ile-Dieu, which is no longer in use today, was occasionally used. At the same time, the canton changed its name.
Communities
The canton consists of a single municipality with a total of 4809 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 24.66 km 2 :
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Île-d'Yeu | 4,809 | 24.66 | 195 | 85113 | 85350 |
| Canton of L'Île-d'Yeu | 4,809 | 24.66 | 195 | 8507 | - |
Until the state-wide reorganization of the cantons in March 2015, the canton had a different INSEE code than today, namely 8510.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,739 | 4,786 | 4,766 | 4,880 | 4,941 | 4,788 | 4,699 |
Web links
- Political map of the Vendée with the canton L'Île-d'Yeu (before 2015) (PDF file; 2 MB) ( Memento from August 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )