Canton of Le Mans-Sud-Ouest

Former canton of Le Mans-Sud-Ouest
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	Le Mans
main place	Le Mans
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	14,924 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density	704 inhabitants / km²
surface	21.21 km²
Communities	2
INSEE code	7236

The District of Le Mans Sud-Ouest was 2015 a French constituency in Arrondissement Le Mans , in the Sarthe and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town was Le Mans . André Langevin ( PS ) was the last representative in the General Council of the Département from 1994 to 2015 .

geography

The canton was on average 50 m above sea level, between 38 m in Arnage and 134 m in Le Mans. The canton comprised large industrial areas in which, in addition to smaller companies, there was an aircraft factory and the ACI (formerly Renault) car factory. The majority of the canton's residents also live there. A third of the population lived in the village of Arnage. The canton was in the center of the Sarthe department. It bordered in the north on the cantons of Le Mans-Ouest and Le Mans-Ville-Est, in the east on the canton Le Mans-Sud-Est, in the south on the canton Écommoy, in the southwest on the canton La Suze-sur-Sarthe and in the west to the canton of Allonnes.

Communities

The canton consisted of some southwestern quarters of the city of Le Mans (the total population of the city is given here, around 9,500 inhabitants lived in 7.49 square kilometers in the canton) and the municipality of Arnage, southwest of the city of Le Mans.

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Arnage	5,143 (2013)	10.76	478 inhabitants / km²	72008	72230
Le Mans	144,244 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	72181	72000

history

The canton of Le Mans-Sud-Ouest was created when the cantons in the Le Mans region were reorganized in 1967.