Canton of Lannion
| Canton of Lannion | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Lannion |
| main place | Lannion |
| Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
| Residents | 23,274 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 346 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 67.30 km² |
| Communities | 3 |
| INSEE code | 2207 |
 Location of the canton of Lannion in the Côtes-d'Armor department |
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The canton Lannion (Breton: canton Lannuon ) is a French canton in the arrondissement Lannion , in the department of Côtes-d'Armor and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Lannion .
history
The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, five municipalities belonged to the canton of Lannion. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of municipalities fell to 3. The municipality of Caouënnec-Lanvézéac moved to the canton of Bégard , the municipality of Ploubezre to the canton of Plestin-les-Grèves .
location
The canton is located in the northwest of the Côtes-d'Armor department.
Communities
Canton of Lannion since 2015
The canton of Lannion now comprises 3 municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lannion | Lannuon | 19,880 | 43.91 | 22300 | 22113 |
| Ploulec'h | Ploulec'h | 1,636 | 10.15 | 22300 | 22224 |
| Rospez | Rospezh | 1,758 | 13.24 | 22300 | 22265 |
| Canton of Lannion | Lannuon | 23,274 | 67.30 | - | 2207 |
Canton of Lannion until 2015
The canton of Lannion comprised five municipalities. These were: Caouënnec-Lanvézéac , Lannion (main town), Ploubezre , Ploulec'h and Rospez .
Population development of the old canton up to 2015
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13,362 | 16,295 | 21,551 | 22,766 | 23,275 | 24,611 | 26,454 | 27,278 |
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, Claudine Féjean (PCF) / Patrice Kervaon (PS) won against Sylvie Jehanno / Jean-Yves Roué (both Divers droite) with a share of the vote of 62.14% (turnout: 49.78%) ).
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1967-1976 | Frédéric Bourdonnec | DVD |
| 1976-1982 | Pierre Jagoret | PS |
| 1982-2001 | Alain Gouriou | PS |
| 2001-2015 | Denis Mer | PS |
| 2015– | Claudine Féjean Patrice Kervaon |
PCF PS |