Canton of Le Lion-d'Angers
Former canton of Le Lion-d'Angers |
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region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Maine-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Segré |
main place | Le Lion-d'Angers |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 13,382 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Population density | 63 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 213.80 km² |
Communities | 11 |
INSEE code | 4916 |
The District of Le Lion d'Angers was 2015 a French constituency in the district Segre , in the department of Maine-et-Loire and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town was Le Lion-d'Angers .
In the course of the reorganization in 2015, the canton was dissolved and most of its communities were assigned to the canton of Tiercé .
The canton was 213.80 km² and had 11,983 inhabitants (2006).
Communities
The canton consisted of eleven municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Code postal |
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Andigné | 388 (2013) | 6.63 | 50 inhabitants / km² | 49005 | 49220 |
Brain-sur-Longuenée | 963 (2013) | 22.43 | 43 inhabitants / km² | 49043 | 49220 |
Chambellay | 357 (2013) | 12.86 | 28 inhabitants / km² | 49064 | 49220 |
Gené | 455 (2013) | 9.25 | 49 inhabitants / km² | 49148 | 49220 |
Grez-Neuville | 1464 (2013) | 40.79 | 36 inhabitants / km² | 49155 | 49220 |
La Jaille-Yvon | 310 (2013) | 12.55 | 25 inhabitants / km² | 49161 | 49220 |
Le Lion-d'Angers | 4077 (2013) | 47.74 | 85 inhabitants / km² | 49176 | 49220 |
Montreuil-sur-Maine | 688 (2013) | 11.13 | 62 inhabitants / km² | 49217 | 49220 |
La Pouëze | 1913 (2013) | 22.15 | 86 inhabitants / km² | 49240 | 49370 |
Pruillé | 719 (2013) | 12.68 | 57 inhabitants / km² | 49251 | 49220 |
Vern-d'Anjou | 2317 (2013) | 36.11 | 64 inhabitants / km² | 49367 | 49220 |
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
Residents | 7,917 | 8,340 | 7,943 | 8,826 | 9,623 | 10,563 | 11,983 |
The significant increase in population in recent decades is largely due to the proximity to the city of Angers and the comparatively low rents and land prices in the surrounding area.