Canton of La Baule-Escoublac

Canton of La Baule-Escoublac
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
main place	La Baule-Escoublac
Residents	44,548 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	573 inhabitants / km²
surface	77.73 km²
Communities	6th
INSEE code	4402
Location of the canton of La Baule-Escoublac in the Loire-Atlantique department

The District of La Baule (Breton Canton Ar Baol-Skoubleg ) is a French canton in the Arrondissement Saint-Nazaire , in the Loire-Atlantique and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town is La Baule-Escoublac .

history

The canton was created in 1985 by spinning off from the canton of Guérande . From 1985 to 2015 only two municipalities belonged to the canton of La Baule-Escoublac. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 6. In addition to the communes of the old canton of La Baule-Escoublac, all 3 communes of the previous canton of Le Croisic and the commune of Saint-André-des-Eaux from the canton of Guérande were added .

location

The canton is located in the west of the Loire-Atlantique department.

Communities

The canton of La Baule-Escoublac comprises six municipalities:

local community	Gallo	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Batz-sur-Mer	Bourc'h-Baz	Bórg-de-Baz	2,906	9.27	44740	44010
La Baule-Escoublac	La Baull-Escóblac	Ar Baol-Skoubleg	16,132	22.19	44500	44055
Le Croisic	Le Croezic	Ar Groazig	4,093	4.50	44490	44049
Le Pouliguen	Le Póligen	Ar Poulgwenn	4,275	4.39	44510	44135
Pornichet	Port-Nichèt	Pornizhan	10,669	12.67	44380	44132
Saint-André-des-Eaux	Saent-Andréu	Sant-Andrev-an-Dour	6,473	24.71	44117	44151
Canton of La Baule-Escoublac	La Baull-Escóblac	Ar Baol-Skoubleg	44,548	77.73	-	4402

The old canton of La Baule-Escoublac comprised two communities on an area of ​​34.86 km². These were: La Baule-Escoublac (main town) and Pornichet . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 4457.

Population development

1990	1999	2006	2013
22,978	25,499	26,518	25,987

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, Danielle Rival / Gatien Meunier (both UMP / LR) won against Yannick Joubert / Evelyne Provost (both PS ) with a share of the vote of 66.5% (turnout: 48.26%).

Since 1985 the canton has had the following members of the Département Council:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1985-2014	Guy Lemaire	RPR , then UMP
2011-2015	Gatien Meunier	UMP
2015–	Danielle Rival Gatien Meunier	Union de la Droite

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department, Article 3
2. ↑ Municipalities in the Loire-Atlantique département ( Memento des Originals of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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

Web links

• The canton and its municipalities