Canton of La Mothe-Achard

Former canton of La Mothe-Achard
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Les Sables-d'Olonne
main place	La Mothe-Achard
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	21,639 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density	82 inhabitants / km²
surface	264.68 km²
Communities	12
INSEE code	8516

The Canton of La Mothe-Achard was 2015 a French constituency in the district of Les Sables d'Olonne , in the Vendée and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town was La Mothe-Achard . Joseph Merceron ( DVD ) was last representative in the General Council of the Département from 2001 to 2015 .

Communities

The canton of La Mothe-Achard consisted of twelve municipalities:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche	2,118 (2013)	25.47	83 inhabitants / km²	85016	85190
La Chapelle-Achard	1,912 (2013)	21.57	89 inhabitants / km²	85052	85150
La Chapelle-Hermier	953 (2013)	17.94	53 inhabitants / km²	85054	85220
La Mothe-Achard	2,870 (2013)	8.73	329 inhabitants / km²	85152	85150
Le Girouard	976 (2013)	25.1	39 inhabitants / km²	85099	85150
Landeronde	2,282 (2013)	17.96	127 inhabitants / km²	85118	85150
Martinet	1,002 (2013)	18.11	55 inhabitants / km²	85138	85150
Nieul-le-Dolent	2,401 (2013)	27.95	86 inhabitants / km²	85161	85430
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups	2,282 (2013)	36.11	63 inhabitants / km²	85211	85150
Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux	1,626 (2013)	15.37	106 inhabitants / km²	85218	85150
Saint-Julien-des-Landes	1,612 (2013)	28.31	57 inhabitants / km²	85236	85150
Saint-Mathurin	2,150 (2013)	23.51	91 inhabitants / km²	85250	85150

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2010
11,257	11,027	10,911	13,250	14,183	15,224	20,449