Canton Le Sel-de-Bretagne

Former canton of Le Sel-de-Bretagne
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
main place	Le Sel-de-Bretagne
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	7,255 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	67 inhabitants / km²
surface	108 km²
Communities	8th
INSEE code	3540

The canton of Le Sel-de-Bretagne was a French canton in the Arrondissement Redon , in the Département Ille-et-Vilaine and in the region of Brittany until 2015 ; its main town was Le Sel-de-Bretagne .

history

The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, eight municipalities belonged to the canton of Le Sel-de-Bretagne, which until 1967 was called canton Le Sel. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015 and the communes moved to other cantons.

location

The canton was in the south of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

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  Location of the canton of Le Sel-de-Bretagne within Brittany

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  Location of the canton of Le Sel-de-Bretagne within the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Communities

The canton of Le Sel-de-Bretagne consisted of eight municipalities:

local community	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
La Bosse-de-Bretagne	Bosenn	649	10.21	35320	35030
Chanteloup	Kantlou	1,815	17.53	35150	35054
La Couyère	Ar Gouer	479	11.72	35320	35089
Lalleu	To Alloz	567	15.47	35320	35140
Le Petit-Fougeray	Felgerieg-Vihan	894	8.95	35320	35218
Saulnières	Saoner	773	10.34	35320	35321
Le Sel-de-Bretagne	Ar Sal	1.106	8.10	35320	35322
Tresbœuf	Trevo	1,255	25.33	35320	35343
Canton	Ar Sal	7,255	107.65	-	3540

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
4,718	4,549	4,230	4,369	4,460	4,796	6.094	7,255

politics

Until its dissolution, the canton had the following members in the Council of the Départements:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945–1961	Jean-Marie Douessin	Wheel.
1961-1998	André Hupel	DVD
1998-2004	Annie Moutel	DVD
2004-2015	Gilbert Ménard	DVG