Canton Le Canigou

Canton Le Canigou
region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret (16 municipalities) Prades (25 municipalities)
main place	Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Residents	20,832 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	23 inhabitants / km²
surface	904.70 km²
Communities	41
INSEE code	6602
Location of the canton of Le Canigou in the Pyrénées-Orientales department

The canton of Le Canigou is a French canton in the arrondissements of Céret and Prades , in the Pyrénées-Orientales department and in the Occitania region ; its main town is Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda .

history

The canton was created when the French cantons were redistributed in 2015. Its communes come from the former cantons Vinça (16 of the 18 communes), Arles-sur-Tech (all 8 communes), Prades (6 of the 20 communes), Prats-de -Mollo-la-Preste (all 6 communes), Olette (3 of the 15 communes) and Céret (2 of the 14 communes).

location

The canton is located in the south of the Pyrénées-Orientales department.

Communities

The canton consists of 41 municipalities with a total of 20,832 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​904.70 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code	Arrondissement
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda	3,460	29.43	118	66003	66110	Ceret
Arles-sur-Tech	2,705	28.82	94	66009	66150	Ceret
Baillestavy	115	17.89	6th	66013	66320	Prades
Boule d'Amont	55	23.22	2	66022	66130	Prades
Bouleternère	935	10.63	88	66023	66130	Prades
Casefabre	40	6.99	6th	66040	66130	Prades
Casteil	136	29.83	5	66043	66820	Prades
Corneilla-de-Conflent	490	11.02	44	66057	66820	Prades
Corsavy	218	47.02	5	66060	66150	Ceret
Coustouges	98	16.86	6th	66061	66260	Ceret
Espira-de-Conflent	168	6.03	28	66070	66320	Prades
Estoher	145	26.08	6th	66073	66320	Prades
Fillols	185	8.40	22nd	66078	66820	Prades
Finestret	176	8.43	21st	66079	66320	Prades
Fuilla	448	9.69	46	66085	66820	Prades
Glorianes	25th	18.72	1	66086	66320	Prades
yoke	265	3.38	78	66089	66320	Prades
La Bastide	72	15.63	5	66018	66110	Ceret
Lamanère	46	23.83	2	66091	66230	Ceret
Le Tech	95	25.18	4th	66206	66230	Ceret
Mantet	30th	32.15	1	66102	66360	Prades
Marquixanes	555	4.80	116	66103	66320	Prades
Montbolo	180	21.98	8th	66113	66110	Ceret
Montferrer	188	21.95	9	66116	66150	Ceret
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste	1,163	145.09	8th	66150	66230	Ceret
Prunet-et-Belpuig	49	21.68	2	66153	66130	Prades
Py	88	50.86	2	66155	66360	Prades
Reynès	1,328	27.56	48	66160	66400	Ceret
Rigarda	641	3.60	178	66162	66320	Prades
Rodès	619	18.11	34	66165	66320	Prades
Sahorre	382	14.88	26th	66166	66360	Prades
Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans	1,098	45.08	24	66179	66260	Ceret
Saint Marsal	71	15.36	5	66183	66110	Ceret
Saint-Michel-de-Llotes	348	8.64	40	66185	66130	Prades
Serralongue	226	23.04	10	66194	66230	Ceret
Waist	105	10.02	10	66199	66400	Ceret
Taulis	52	6.19	8th	66203	66110	Ceret
Taurinya	336	14.50	23	66204	66500	Prades
Valmanya	34	27.63	1	66221	66320	Prades
Vernet-les-Bains	1,387	16.76	83	66222	66820	Prades
Vinça	2,075	7.74	268	66230	66320	Prades
Canton Le Canigou	20,832	904.70	23	6602	-	-

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the five candidate pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the team Ségolène Neuville / Alexandre Reynal (both PS) won against Anne-Marie Canal / Claude Ferrer (both DVD ) and François De La Robertie / Odile Lemaire (both FN ) with a share of 51 votes, 10% (voter turnout: 60.59%).

Representative in the department council of the département
Term of office	Surname	Political party
2015–	Ségolène Neuville Alexandre Reynal	PS

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the two ballots

Web links

• The canton and its two members of the department council
• Detailed map of the cantons and their communes