Landivy Canton
Former Canton of Landivy |
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region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Mayenne |
Arrondissement | Mayenne |
main place | Landivy |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 6,575 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Population density | 34 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 191 km² |
Communities | 9 |
INSEE code | 5315 |
The Canton Landivy was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement of Mayenne , in Mayenne and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town was Landivy .
geography
The canton of Landivy was on average 218 meters above sea level; between 92 meters in Landivy and 252 meters in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie.
It bordered to the west by the Ille-et-Vilaine department, to the north by the Manche department, to the northeast by the Orne department, to the east by the canton of Gorron and to the south by the canton of Ernée.
Communities
The canton consisted of nine municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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Désertines | 523 (2013) | 26.03 | 20 inhabitants / km² | 53091 | 53190 |
La Dorée | 307 (2013) | 17.84 | 17 inhabitants / km² | 53093 | 53190 |
Fougerolles-du-Plessis | 1,281 (2013) | 33.29 | 38 inhabitants / km² | 53100 | 53190 |
Landivy | 1,156 (2013) | 28.54 | 41 inhabitants / km² | 53125 | 53190 |
Montaudin | 896 (2013) | 21.66 | 41 inhabitants / km² | 53154 | 53220 |
Pontmain | 882 (2013) | 7.17 | 123 inhabitants / km² | 53181 | 53220 |
Saint-Berthevin-la-Tannière | 359 (2013) | 17.64 | 20 inhabitants / km² | 53202 | 53220 |
Saint-Ellier-du-Maine | 535 (2013) | 17.49 | 31 inhabitants / km² | 53213 | 53220 |
Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie | 581 (2013) | 21.45 | 27 inhabitants / km² | 53238 | 53220 |
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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8,836 | 8,499 | 8,171 | 8,081 | 7,660 | 7,066 | 6,789 |
history
The canton was created in 1801 from the merger of the cantons of Fougerolles, Landivy and Montaudin.